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Hafez al-Assad, the 18th president of Syria, died from a heart attack on 10 June 2000 at the age of 69. [1] [2] His funeral was held three days later in Damascus, and he was buried in a mausoleum in his hometown Qardaha in Latakia Governorate, beside his eldest son Bassel al-Assad who died in 1994.
Hafez al-Assad [a] (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian politician and military officer who was the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also the prime minister of Syria from 1970 to 1971 as well as the regional secretary of the regional command of the Syrian regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and secretary general of the National Command of ...
On 17 July 2000, Assad became president, succeeding his father, who had died on 10 June 2000. [2] Many hoped the UK-educated young man would bring reform to Syria and relax the occupation of Lebanon. [ 3 ]
Assad became president in 2000 after his father Hafez died, preserving the family's iron-fisted rule and the dominance of their Alawite sect in the Sunni Muslim-majority country and Syria's status ...
The former government led by president Assad was responsible for the systematic and widespread torture of the country’s civilians. ... at least 15,000 people are believed to have died as a ...
A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a building in Damascus, Syria, on December 7. (Omar Sanadiki/AP) As many in Syria celebrated the end of the long rule of Bashar 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.
Syrians are celebrating the demise of Assad’s government after 13 years of civil war sparked by the president’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters following the Arab Spring.