DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A few days after insurgents in Syria overthrew President Bashar al-Assad, his ruling Baath party announced it was freezing its activities, marking a stunning change in ...

The Iraqi Baath party was one of the tools by which Saddam Hussein maintained a tight grip on his country. The Arab Socialist Baath Party, to give it its full name, was founded in Syria in the 1940s ...

Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, along with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on December 8 ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — A few days after insurgents in Syria overthrew President Bashar Assad, his ruling Baath party announced it was freezing its activities, marking a stunning change in fortunes ...

Damascus (AFP) – Maher Semsmieh turned in his rifle on Thursday at an office of Syria's Baath party, more than 60 years after its oppressive rule in Syria began, and days after it ended.

Assad’s Baath Party won 166 seats, in addition to 17 others from allied parties, and 67 seats went to independent candidates. The poll is taking place as Syria’s economy continues to ...

In Syria, the Baath party became inextricably associated with the Assad family, which took power in 1970. For decades, the family used the party and its pan-Arab ideology to control the country.