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FACT CHECK: No Evidence Bashar al-Assad Is Returning To Ophthalmology
One user wrote, “Dr. Assad will return to ophthalmology after being deposed as president of Syria and plans to set up an eye ...
Middle East Eye17h
'Likely forged' documents circulate claiming Asma al-Assad was MI5 spy
Documents circulating on social media claiming Syria's former first lady Asma al-Assad was a spy for British intelligence ...
The Times of Israel26d
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Daily Mail1mon
Inside Bashar al-Assad's rise to Syrian president: From London eye doctor to tyrant after tragedy put him first in line to inherit throne as murderous dictator
The dramatic downfall of Syria's iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad marks an end to ... graduating as an ophthalmologist in 1988. Assad then served as an army doctor at a Damascus military ...
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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Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al-Assad ... the Syrians now exploring Assad’s abandoned properties have revealed that the former ophthalmologist-turned-president ...
Yahoo26d
Bashar al-Assad Fleeing Syria Brings an End to Generational Terror for Some Syrian Families
After all, his heir, Bashar al-Assad, was a doctor trained in ophthalmology in London — the birthplace of the Spice Girls! How bad could he be? But as the acclaimed poet and patron saint of ...
Yahoo1mon
After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been toppled. Here’s what you need to know
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant ... dynasty that held power in Syria for more than five decades. A former ophthalmologist who studied in London, Assad took power in ...
The New York Times1mon
A Tour of Assad’s Monumental Palace, With a Scruffy Rebel as a Guide
But since Bashar al-Assad, who ruled Syria for more ... who had fallen and those who had taken his place. Mr. al-Assad, a trained ophthalmologist, inherited the presidency from his father, Hafez ...