War on the Rocks

Syria’s Post-Assad Pulse Check

In December 2024, forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham defeated Assad regime forces, leading to the regime’s collapse and raising hopes for an end to Syria’s brutal civil war. Since then, President ...
Jane's Information Group

Iraq deploys CH-5 UAVs to Ain al-Asad

One of the three CH-5s shown at Ain al-Asad Air Base. (Iraqi Ministry of Defence) Iraqi Army Aviation Command (IAAC) has moved CH-5 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Ain al-Asad Air Base ...
WBUR

Millions of Syrian refugees have returned home after the fall of the Assad regime

More than 3 million Syrian refugees have returned to Syria since the ousting of the Assad regime in December 2024. But after 50 years of the Assad dynasty's repressive reign and nearly 14 years of ...
TheWrap

Disney Realigns Marketing Leadership Under New Chief Marketing and Brand Officer Asad Ayaz

Disney has restructured its marketing leadership under recently appointed Chief Marketing and Brand Officer Asad Ayaz. The former president of marketing outlined the new structure of the marketing ...
New York Post

Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad, the ‘butcher of Hama’, dies at 88

Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the “butcher of Hama” for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully ...
Al-Monitor

Rifaat al-Assad, perpetrator of Syria's 1982 Hama massacre, dies at 88

Rifaat al-Assad, the younger brother of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and widely known as the “butcher of Hama,” has died at the age of 88. According to a Reuters report, Assad died in the ...
The American Conservative

U.S. Troops Leave al-Asad Air Base in Iraq

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The United States has completed its withdrawal from Iraq’s al-Asad Air Base, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said Saturday. The departure of the ...
Military Times

US completes withdrawal from al-Asad airbase, Iraq says

CH-47 Chinooks lift off the flight line aboard al-Asad air base in 2009. (Cpl. Joshua Murray/U.S. Marine Corps) The United States has quietly completed its withdrawal from al-Asad air base in Iraq’s ...
Jane's Information Group

Iraq takes full control of Ain al-Asad Air Base

Soldiers from the 65th Special Forces Brigade formed up on the taxiway on the northwest side of Ain al-Asad Air Base, an area previously used by the US-led coalition. (Iraqi Ministry of Defence) The ...
Task & Purpose

US troops fully depart al-Asad Air Base in Iraq

The last American troops at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Air Base have left after a months-long drawdown, Iraq’s defense ministry announced on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said that Iraq’s army fully ...
Reuters

Disney names Asad Ayaz chief marketing officer, overseeing a new company-wide marketing group

LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Walt Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab on Wednesday named Asad Ayaz chief marketing and brand officer, where he will oversee a newly created company-wide marketing ...