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Bookmark or Share- Bashar al-Assad - WikipediaBashar al-Assad [a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th and current president of Syria since 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
- Bashar al-Assad | Family, Biography, & Facts | BritannicaBashar al-Assad, president of Syria since 2000, when he succeeded his father, Hafez al-Assad. In spite of early hopes that he would support democratic reforms, he largely continued his father’s authoritarian methods. Beginning in 2011, he faced a major uprising that evolved into civil war.
- After a decade of war, Assad’s presidency is intact but under tutelageSyrian President Bashar al-Assad may be accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but he has managed to save his regime at the cost of Syria’s destruction, thanks to his Russian and...
- France issues arrest warrant for Syrian President Assad | CNNFrance has issued an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the alleged use of banned chemical weapons against civilians in Syria, a judicial source told CNN on Wednesday.
- The Long Isolation of Syria’s al-Assad Is Over - The New York TimesPresident Bashar al-Assad was shunned over atrocities committed in Syria’s civil war, but on Friday he is expected to join an annual summit of Arab leaders for the first time in 13 years.
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