Rebel Leader Who Overthrew al-Assad Is Declared Syria’s President
The new leadership of the country said the rebel coalition leader, Ahmed al-Shara, would serve as president during a ...
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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 ...
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The ophthalmologist dictator: Syria's Bashar al-Assad
He became president in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, a tyrant who had ruled Syria for 30 years. The family’s oldest son, Basil, was supposed to follow his father as ruler ...
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Rebel leader who toppled Syria's Assad regime named interim president
The leader of Syria's rebels who toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month was named the country's interim president on Wednesday as former insurgents cancelled the existing constitution ...
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Turkmens in Syria demand return of lands seized for Assad family palaces
Residents of Syria's Bayirbucak region seek justice, return of lands confiscated for palace construction since 1974 - Anadolu ...
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Russia tight-lipped on Syrian demand of al-Assad for military bases
Torn posters shows the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son the ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad, that were set at the entrance of the notorious security detention centre called ...