ALBAWABA - Authorities in Tehran arrested an Iranian artist on charges of "insulting Bashar Assad," its former ally in Syria. Bashar Assad's decades-long regime was toppled on Dec. 8 after the Syrian Hayet Tahrir al-Sham announced an operation against the old regime. Iran International reported citing Iranian lawyer Amir Raisian who confirmed that authorities in the country arrested artist Khosrow Azarbeg on Monday night and told his family that he ...