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Bashar al-Assad was born in Damascus on 11 September 1965, as the second son and third child of Anisa Makhlouf and Hafez al-Assad. [17] " Al-Assad " in Arabic means " the lion ". Assad's paternal grandfather, Ali al-Assad , had managed to change his status from peasant to minor notable and, to reflect this, in 1927 he had changed the family ...
Syrias President Bashar al-Assad (C) and his wife Asma al-Assad (L) attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in Chinas eastern ...
When Bashar al-Assad was toppled on Sunday, it turned the page on not only his 24-year presidency but on more than 50 years of his family ruling Syria. Before Assad took office in 2000, his late ...
People gather at Saadallah al-Jabiri Square as they celebrate, after Syria's army command notified officers on Sunday that President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule has ended, a ...
Assad in 2004. After the death of Hafez al-Assad on 10 June 2000, the Constitution of Syria was amended. The minimum age requirement for the presidency was lowered from 40 to 34, which was Bashar's age at the time. [54] Assad contested as the only candidate and was subsequently confirmed president on 10 July 2000, with 97.29% support for his ...
Their daughter, Asma, married then Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in 2000. It was reported before the Syrian civil war that Akhras had influence on the Syrian president in domestic affairs. [ 7 ] On 15 March 2012, The Guardian published allegedly intercepted emails appearing to show that he was advising the Syrian president from the UK during ...
President for 24 years, Assad flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination early on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters. Rebels declared the city "free of the tyrant Bashar al-Assad".
Nizar al-Assad, is a cousin of Bashar Al-Assad. He was the head of the Nizar Oilfield Supplies company. He was sanctioned by the EU for being very close to key government officials and for financing Shabiha in the region of Latakia. [64] Fawaz al-Assad, nephew of Hafez, leader of Shabiha [95] Mundhir al-Assad, nephew of Hafez, leader of Shabiha ...