Presidency of Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
The presidency of Bashar al-Assad began on 17 July 2000 succeeding his father, Hafez al-Assad who served as President of Syria from 1971 until his death on 10 June 2000, [1] until his overthrow in 2024 during the Syrian civil war on 8 December.
Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle: Who are they and where are they …
Dec 13, 2024 · BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded intelligence and security services appear to have...
Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
The Cedar Revolution in Lebanon in February 2005, triggered by the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, forced Assad to end the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. Assad was responsible for one of the most repressive regimes in modern times.
Since Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship fell, Syrian refugees ... - NPR
Dec 18, 2024 · Syrian refugees living in Lebanon grapple with whether to return home now that Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship has fallen. Many are hesitating.
Reasons to Leave Syria—and to Return - The New Yorker
Dec 17, 2024 · In one border town, some Syrians were fleeing to Lebanon, as others celebrated Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, or returned from exile in search of the missing. In the no man’s land between two...
'Butcher of Hama': Assad's uncle Rifaat fled to Dubai, Lebanese ...
Dec 27, 2024 · Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war crimes over the bloody suppression of a revolt in 1982, has flown from Beirut to Dubai in...
"That Boy" — What Lebanon's Slain Prime Minister Got Right About Bashar …
Dec 15, 2024 · CAIRO — Months before his death in 1999, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad urged Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, then among the region's most influential political leaders, to open a line of communication with his son and heir to the presidency, Bashar al-Assad.
Fall of the Assad regime - Wikipedia
The Assad family, c. 1993. Front: Anisa Makhlouf and Hafez al-Assad. Rear, left to right: Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd, and Bushra al-Assad. The Assad family had ruled Syria since 1971, when Hafez al-Assad seized power and became the president of Syria under the Syrian Ba'ath Party. After his death in June 2000, he was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad. [10][11][12][13] Hafez al-Assad built ...
Bashar al-Assad: The paper tiger ally in Lebanon war
Oct 4, 2024 · Starting with Syrian regime’s head Bashar al-Assad’s latest appearance during his meeting with members of the new government on September 24, the war file in Lebanon was limited to a reference to the “vicious attack of the Zionists on our brothers in Lebanon,” describing it as “crimes that are difficult to describe or talk about ...
Filling the void: Syria’s al-Assad seeks to reprise a role in Lebanon
Oct 7, 2024 · Analysts now wonder whether his absence will weaken the two decades of influence that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has had in Lebanon. If so, could it let Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reprise the role first initiated by his father Hafez?
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