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However by 1997, Syrian president Hafiz al-Assad began reestablishing relations with Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. [44] The ascendance of Bashar in 2000 boosted this process, [45] and Syria ignored the sanctions against Iraq, helping Iraq to illegally import oil. [46] Bashar al-Assad opposed the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. [45]
In July 2011, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said president Assad had “lost legitimacy.” [81] On 18 August 2011, Barack Obama issued a written statement echoed by the leaders of the UK, France, and Germany, that inter alia said: “The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in ...
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. [18] " 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 ...
Syrias President Bashar al-Assad (C) and his wife Asma al-Assad (L) attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in Chinas eastern ...
Analysts and commentators say the collapse of Syria's Bashar al-Assad's regime is likely to ... Now that Assad, one of Putin’s key allies, has lost Syria, the balance of power shifts ...
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 ...
For the first time, the US has targeted Bashar al-Assad's wife, Asma al-Assad, claiming that she is "one of Syria's most notorious war profiteers". [67] On November 9, 2020, more sanctions were imposed on entities and individuals including parliament members who were supporting the al-Assad regime during the civil war. [68]
Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz Scholz posted identical statements on Sunday in German, Arabic, and English. "Today, we stand with all Syrians who are full of hope for a free, just, and safe Syria ...