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Bashar al-Assad, an Ophthalmologist Who Became a Dictator, Is the Last of a Despotic Dynasty
Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. That job was meant for his older brother, Basil, who trained as a military commander while Bashar studied to be an ophthalmologist. He wasn’t ...
FACT CHECK: No Evidence Bashar al-Assad Is Returning To Ophthalmology
A post shared on Facebook claims that deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is returning to ophthalmology in Russia. Verdict: ...
Assad’s desperate final plea to Putin & panic-stricken wait to be bundled to Russia are REVEALED a month on from ousting
TYRANT Assad’s desperate final plea to Putin and his nerve-racking wait to be smuggled into Russia have been revealed. The ...
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Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle: Who are they and where are they now?
The Western-educated ophthalmologist initially raised ... Gen. Bassam Merhej al-Hassan, head of Bashar Assad’s office and the man in charge of his security, are accused of human rights violations.
Asma Al-Assad: Syrian First Lady Seeking Divorce From Bashar Al-Assad
Assad, the wife of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It was titled "A Rose in the Desert," and in the words of Joan ...
The Times of Israel1d
Post-Assad Syria — A Work In Progress
Syria has been a work in progress, a nation to be rebuilt, since the downfall of its autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad, a ...
No Evidence Bashar al-Assad Was 'Poisoned' in 'Assassination Bid'
The Telegram account General SVR is popular with British tabloids but has a less-than-perfect track record for truth.
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The rise and fall of Bashar and Asma Assad
Hafez Assad, had been cultivating Bashar’s oldest brother Basil as his successor. In 1994, Basil was killed in a car crash in Damascus. Bashar was then brought home from his ophthalmology ...
The 10 days that shook the Middle East
The historian’s occupational hazard is giving the impression that what happened must have happened, that the march of events ...
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After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been toppled. Here’s what you need to know
(CNN) — The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant ... that held power in Syria for more than five decades. A former ophthalmologist who studied in London, Assad took power in ...
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Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist who became a dictator, is the last of a despotic dynasty
Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad ... He moved to London in the 1980s to become an ophthalmologist, inspired by the ability of science to give people sight.