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They have three children. [6] The couple were also regarded as the "main economic players" in Syria and controlled large parts of Syrian business sectors, banking, telecommunications, real estate, and maritime industries. [7] Majd al-Assad (1966–2009), was an electrical engineer with a reported history of severe mental problems. [43]
After Hafez al-Assad's death, his son and successor Bashar al-Assad inherited the existing personality cult, with the party hailing him as the "Young Leader" and "Hope of the People." Drawing influence from North Korea's hereditary leadership model , official propaganda in Syria ascribed divine features to the Assad family, and reveres the ...
Long-suffering Syrians have been rejoicing in the streets after one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships suddenly crumbled in a few short weeks. After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad ...
Hafez Bashar al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ بشار الأسد; born 5 December 2001) is the eldest son of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was regarded as a potential successor to his father before the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024.
A man walks on a poster of Bashar al-Assad as a sanitation worker removes it from the street downtown, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus ...
After 13 years of Syria’s grinding civil war, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is gone, the dictator fleeing his country in the face of a sensational advance by rebel forces.
The UN mandates that humanitarian aid to Syria, even by non-governmental organizations (NGO's) be provided through the Syrian government, led by Assad, who is alleged to have misused it. No Assistance for Assad Act has been introduced into the House of Representatives twice, but has failed to become passed into law. This bill was intended to ...
After more than half a century of the Assad family ruling over Syria, a little-known local politician has been named as the country’s interim leader and tasked with ushering in a stable government.