<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Bashar al-Assad  Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:28:46 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[German Chancellor demands more than 700k Syrians who 'haven't integrated' go home]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2188488_1.jpg"/><br><br>Friedrich Merz has said that about 80% of Syrians in Germany should return home.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:12:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Germany, Syria, Friedrich Merz, Bashar al-Assad, Migrant Crisis, Crime, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Syrian repatriation, Syrian integration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, civil war, December 2024, German citizenship, 900k citizens, return of migrants</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2188488_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz said that about 80% of Syrians in Germany should return home]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2188488_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz said that about 80% of Syrians in Germany should return home]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zelensky sends ‘worthless’ Putin defiant Iran warning - ‘this is how a dictatorship ends']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2177349_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Ukrainian leader has spoken out about events in Iran.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Vladimir Putin, Iran, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia, Iran-Israel conflict, Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Nuclear weapons, Zelensky, Putin, Dictatorship Collapse, Russia's worthlessness, how dictatorship ends, unable to help, weakness, worthless, Ayatollah Ali</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2177349_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Ukrainian leader has spoken out about events in Iran]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2177349_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Ukrainian leader has spoken out about events in Iran]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syrian refugees face tough choices one year after liberation from 'terror' of Assad]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2159533_1.jpg"/><br><br>EXCLUSIVE: The Express spoke to refugees in Jordan who said they have nothing to return to in Syria.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:43:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Hanna Geissler]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Syria, Charity, Bashar al-Assad, Syrian refugees, Bashar Al-Assad, humanitarian aid, return challenges</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2159533_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jordan deployment. Gaza and Syrian families at the orphanage and camps. PICTURE BY HUMPHREY NEMAR.  ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Humphrey Nemar]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2159533_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jordan deployment. Gaza and Syrian families at the orphanage and camps. 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by one]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2156065_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Trump is rounding up the world's despots one by one]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syria's ousted Assad 'binges video games in secret luxury Moscow skyscraper']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2120307_1.jpg"/><br><br>Deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad now spends hours playing video games while living in a luxury tower block in central Moscow.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Will Stewart,Emily Wright]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Bashar al-Assad, Russia, Syria, Video games, Vladimir Putin, Moscow luxury, Syrian regime collapse, Russian asylum, luxury tower block, guarded by security operatives, the Butcher, 990ft skyscraper, Carrara marble, Asma, leukaemia, arrest warrant</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2120307_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Deposed Syrian dictator Bashar Assad now spends hours playing video games in luxury in Moscow]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2120307_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Deposed Syrian dictator Bashar Assad now spends hours playing video games in luxury in Moscow]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 'poisoned in assassination attempt' in Moscow]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2116313_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Syrian dictator fled the country after his regime was toppled last year.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:38:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Charlie Bradley,Will Stewart]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Syria, Bashar al-Assad, russia</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2116313_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bashar al-Assad]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail 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url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/590x/2090163_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The civil war meant this city was deemed too dangerous to visit]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/25/237x141/2090163_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The civil war meant this city was deemed too dangerous to visit]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK restores Syria ties with first ministerial visit in 14 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/2078004_1.jpg"/><br><br>David Lammy pledges £96m in aid as Britain seeks to outmanoeuvre Russia and Iran - but analysts warn the fragile new regime may struggle to contain ISIS and secure detention camps<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 01:29:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Marco Giannangeli]]></author><category>UK</category><media:keywords>David Lammy, Syria, Iran, Russia, Bashar al-Assad, UK-Syria relations, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Humanitarian aid</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/2078004_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Lammy is the first UK minister to visit Syria since 2011]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[FCDO]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/237x141/2078004_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[David Lammy is the first UK minister to visit Syria since 2011]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[FCDO]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside 'human slaughter house' prisons with 'execution parties' and horror torture]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2075593_1.jpg"/><br><br>WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - The prison was responsible for the deaths of up to 13,000 people in just four years with bodies piled up on the floor and execution parties taking place<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emilia Randall]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Bashar Al-Assad, Saydnaya Prison, Torture and Executions, Syrian Civil War</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2075593_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 10: A view of personal belongings of inmates in 'White Building' also called as the execution block of Sednaya Prison, infamous for torture under the toppled Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 10, 2024. The Sednaya Military Prison, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Damascus, became a site for mass executions and torture after 2011, with thousands killed and subjected to inhumane conditions. (Photo by Emin Sansar/Anadolu via Getty Images)]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Anadolu via Getty Images]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2075593_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[DAMASCUS, SYRIA - DECEMBER 10: A view of personal belongings of inmates in 'White Building' also called as the execution block of Sednaya Prison, infamous for torture under the toppled Bashar al-Assad regime in Damascus, Syria on December 10, 2024. The Sednaya Military Prison, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Damascus, became a site for mass executions and torture after 2011, with thousands killed and subjected to inhumane conditions. 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