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Bookmark or Share- Bashar al-Assad - Facts, Father & Family - BiographyTen days after Hafez's death, Bashar al-Assad was chosen for a seven-year term as president of Syria. In a public referendum, running unopposed, he received 97 percent of the vote.
- Syria: Dismay and fear as Bashar al-Assad returns to Arab foldPresident Bashar al-Assad strode into the Arab League summit in Jeddah, relishing the clearest recognition yet that he has won his war for Syria. He was embraced by the Saudi Crown Prince...
- Profile: Bashar al-Assad | Bashar al-Assad News - Al JazeeraSyrian President Bashar al-Assad inherited power in July 2000, a month after his father, military strongman Hafez al-Assad died. But since March 2011, his rule over Syria has been under...
- 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.
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