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The Assad regime had attempted to supplant the Alawite religious identity. Bashar al-Assad attempted to integrate Alawites into Sunni Islam as to alleviate Sunni opposition to his rule, while Hafez al-Assad entirely dismissed the Alawite faith as simply Twelver Shi'ism. Alawites insisted that they were a distinct Islamic sect, while accusing ...
A viral video shared on X claims Bashar al-Assad purportedly announced he was resigning as Syrian President. Verdict: False The claim is false. ... The outlet traced the original video to YouTube, ...
Bashar al-Assad was born in Damascus on 11 September 1965, as the second son and third child of Anisa Makhlouf and Hafez al-Assad. [ 19 ] " al-Assad " in Arabic means " the lion ". Assad's paternal grandfather, Ali al-Assad , had managed to change his status from peasant to minor notable and, to reflect this, in 1927 he had changed the family ...
Following Hafez al-Assad's coup, Alawites' position in Syria improved under the government of Assad, himself an Alawite, and they became the dominant elites in state bureaucracy and security apparatus. [91] [92] During the Syrian civil war, Alawites in Syria have been subject to a series of growing threats and attacks coming from Sunni ...
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But Syria’s rebels completed a speedy and stunning march to power on Sunday, starting an uncertain ...
Al-Rahy, a landscape worker and Alawite activist, was repairing damage in his brother’s house in this village after it was looted in the days after Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ouster ...
Assad in 2004. After the death of Hafez al-Assad on 10 June 2000, the Constitution of Syria was amended. The minimum age requirement for the presidency was lowered from 40 to 34, which was Bashar's age at the time. [54] Assad contested as the only candidate and was subsequently confirmed president on 10 July 2000, with 97.29% support for his ...
A viral image shared on X claims to show Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arriving in Damascus following a visit to Russia. Verdict: False The claim is false, as the image shows al-Assad visiting ...