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Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a former Syrian politician, medical doctor, and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his overthrow in 2024 after the Syrian civil war. As president, Assad was commander-in-chief of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria fr…
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kuali.com.mx: SIRIA CONDENÓ A MUERTE A LOS HERMANOS BASHAR AL ASSAD
El Comercio Perú: Condenado a muerte un primo de Bashar al Assad por crímenes contra la humanidad
El Frente: Primo de Bashar Al Assad fue condenado a muerte por crímenes de guerra en Siria
Infobae: Un primo de Bashar Al Assad fue condenado a muerte por crímenes contra la humanidad durante la guerra civil en Siria
Marruecom.com: Un tribunal de Damasco condena a muerte a un primo de Bashar al-Assad
Infobae: Líbano autoriza extraditar a Siria a un exgeneral acusado de crímenes durante el mandato de Bashar al Assad
Demócrata: Líbano aprueba la entrega a Siria de un exgeneral acusado de crímenes bajo el mandato de Bashar al Assad
Al Jazeera: Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Wassim sentenced to death in Syria
شفق نيوز: Shafaq News..Damascus sentences Bashar Al-Assad’s cousin to death over war crimes
Informat.ro: Wassim al-Assad, el primo de Bashar al-Assad, fue condenado a muerte por un tribunal en Siria
thenationalnews.com: Bashar Al Assad’s cousin sentenced to death
Latest news from Azerbaijan: Bashar al-Assad’s cousin sentenced to death for war crimes in Syria
The Syrian Observer: The Death Penalty in International Law: Evaluating the Sentences of Bashar al-Assad and Atef Najib
Infobae: Siria arrestó al excomandante de Bashar al-Assad que huyó de Austria tras ser acusado de colaborar con el régimen
Firstpost: Person of the week | Bashar al-Assad: From London-trained doctor to Syria’s fallen dictator
Межа. Новини України.: Syria Sentences Bashar al-Assad to Death in Absentia as Justice System Changes
Yahoo: What the death sentence for former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad tells us about the future of the country
Canal 9 Bío Bío Televisión: ¿Cuán probable es que Rusia entregue a Bashar al Assad para su ejecución en Siria?
BioBioChile: ¿Qué tan factible es que Rusia entregue a Bashar al Assad para que sea ejecutado en Siria?
Agencia NOVA: Condenaron a muerte a Bashar al-Assad por crímenes de guerra y de lesa humanidad
Diario de Burgos: Bashar al-Assad
The World from PRX: Deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death as Syria turns a page
thenationalnews.com: The death sentence against Bashar Al Assad is a bittersweet pill for Syrians to swallow
The Times of India: Where is Bashar al-Assad? Ousted Syrian dictator sentenced to death in absentia
Public attention spiked: 63,275 Wikipedia readers in one day, 20.1× the usual 3,150, with 43 article edits. Coverage that week: “Siria condenó a muerte en ausencia a Bashar al-Assad y a su hermano Maher” (uy press).
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fact checker rated the claim “New circulated photos of the fugitive Bashar al-Assad and his wife in a Russian security facility.” fake.
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France issued three arrest warrants against Assad in connection with the bombing of a civilian-populated area in Daraa in 2017 that killed Franco-Syrian dual national Salah Abou Nabout, the 2012 killings of journalists M
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Clips show Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his wife in Moscow after ouster” False.
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News Mobile rated the claim “The image shows Bashar al-Assad and Tucker Carlson seated together for what appears to be an interview.” AI-generated.
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fact checker rated the claim “An image shows Bashar al-Assad's Russian passport,” fake.
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Full Fact rated the claim “A picture shows Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad in Moscow with American conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson.” There’s no evidence this is a real photo. It has almost certainly been generated using AI..
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Greece Fact Check rated the claim “Bashar al-Assad's cousin was hanged in a central square.” FALSE.
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News Mobile rated the claim “crowd finding an ancient Jewish manuscript at the Presidential Palace of Bashar al-Assad” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “Tucker Carlson did an interview with Bashar al-Assad. That would be a bomb.” fake.
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fact checker rated the claim “a 500-year-old Torah scroll found in the basement of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's presidential palace after Syrians stormed the palace in Damascus.” misleading.
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Lighthouse Journalism rated the claim “Fact check: The visuals of an IAF aircraft crash falsely shared as the crash of Bashar al-Assad’s aircraft” False.
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ThePrint rated the claim “Visuals of an aircraft crash event is of a plane carrying Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian president.” FALSE.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Photo of Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma al-Assad in Moscow, Russia after rebels toppled his Government in Syria.” MISLEADING.
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On 23 December 2024, it was reported that Asma al-Assad had filed for divorce; the Russian government denied this.
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Canada and Netherlands filed a lawsuit against Syria at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), charging the latter with violating the United Nations Convention Against Torture
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Which involved major economic assets being transferred to the Presidential couple to project their power and influence
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Stated that Assad was "not the enemy of the United States because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States"
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Then-Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard met with then-president Bashar al-Assad on an unannounced visit to Syria
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UN officials criticised Bashar al-Assad for pursuing demographic engineering and ethnic cleansing in Darayya district in Damascus under the guise of de-escalation deals
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That over half support the Assad government despite its relative weakness in Druze areas
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Russia intervened in the Syrian civil war in support of Assad, and on 21 October 2015, Assad flew to Moscow and met with Russian president Vladimir Putin, who said regarding the civil war: "this decision can be made only
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Several members of the Assad family died in Latakia under unclear circumstances
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The Christian Syriac Military Council, the largest Christian organisation in Syria, allied with the Free Syrian Army opposed to Assad, joining other Syrian Christian militias such as the Sutoro who had joined the Syrian
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That the crimes committed by Assad are the worst seen since those of Nazi Germany
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And 2021 – were conducted only in areas controlled by the Syrian government during the country's ongoing civil war and condemned by the United Nations
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Reports emerged about an assassination attempt on Bashar that may have motivated a chemical weapons strike by the Assad regime
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And would not have used them if they still retained any, and stated that the chemical attack was a "100 percent fabrication" used to justify a U
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The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that findings from a UN inquiry directly implicated Assad in crimes against humanity
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And Russia followed in 2015; by 2021, Assad's regime had regained control over most of the country
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Assad's sister, Bushra al-Assad, and mother, Anisa Makhlouf, left Syria in 2012 and 2013, respectively, to live in the United Arab Emirates.
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Multiple reports of assassination attempts were made
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And 2013, respectively, to live in the United Arab Emirates
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Assad led a deadly crackdown against Arab Spring protests which led to outbreak of the Syrian civil war
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Paving the way for its circulation through Interpol
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross presented by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília (2010).
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar presented by Michel Suleiman in Beirut (2010).
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Awarded Order of the Liberator presented by Hugo Chávez in Caracas (2010).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic presented by Giorgio Napolitano in Damascus (2010).
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Awarded Order of Islamic Republic presented by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran (2010).
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Human Rights Watch published the report "A Wasted Decade" documenting repression during Assad's first decade of emergency rule; marked by arbitrary arrests, censorship and discrimination against Syrian Kurds
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland presented by Tarja Halonen in Damascus (2009).
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Awarded Order of Zayed presented by Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2008).
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Obligated internet cafes to keep records of their customers and report them routinely to the police
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Assad extended this immunity to other departments of security forces
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Assad stated: "We don't have such [things as] political prisoners," though The New York Times reported the arrest of 30 Syrian political dissidents who were organising a joint opposition front in December 2007, with 3 me
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“When we talk about "clean war," when there is no casualties, no civilians, no innocent people to be killed, that doesn't exist, no one could make it, no war in the world...”
Which was triggered by the assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri
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“[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.”
“[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.”
“They are not my forces. They are military forces that belong to the government.… I don't own them. I am [the] president. I don't own the country so they are not my forces.”
“I'm not a puppet. I wasn't made by the west to go to the west or any other country. I'm Syrian. I'm made in Syria. I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.”
“We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars... We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality.”
“Talk about the reality, about the facts, when to talk about children being killed, children of who? where? how? you're talking about propaganda, about media campaign, about sometimes fake pictures on the internet, we cannot talk but ones of the facts. We can talk about the facts, I cannot talk about allegations.”
“Whatever (Valerie) Amos or any other official or any organization say something against us doesn't mean it's real. We have to verify what they say and is it the part of propaganda? is it politicized? or what...”
“Every 'brute reaction' was by an individual, not by an institution, that's what you have to know, There is a difference between having a policy to crackdown and between having some mistakes committed by some officials. There is a big difference, We don't kill our people… no government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person, There was no command to kill or be brutal.”
“When, but you, to be frank with you, Barbara, I, you don't live here...how did you know all this? you have to be here to see. We don't see this. So it cannot depend on what you hear in the United States.”
“You have to convince your audiences, you cannot mention such a picture without verifying who are those and where and everything about, just to put it in front of the audience, tell them “they’ve been killed by the Syrian soldiers.” At the end, these are allegations. We have to talk about concrete evidence, at the end. That’s how you can base your judgment. Anyone can say whatever he wants.”
Awarded Royal Order of Francis I in Damascus (2004).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class presented by Leonid Kuchma (2002).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour presented by Jacques Chirac in Élysée Palace (2001).
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Asma gave birth to their first child, a son named Hafez
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Career landmark: President of Syria (2000–2024).
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Career landmark: commanding officer (2000–2024).
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Took charge of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon begun by his father
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Bashar took charge of Syria's Lebanon file, which had since the 1970s been handled by Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, who had until then been a potential contender for president
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After his elder brother Bassel al-Assad died in a car crash, Assad was recalled to Syria to take over Bassel's role as heir apparent
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And was propelled through the ranks to become a colonel of the elite Syrian Republican Guard in January 1999
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Assad graduated from medical school and began working as an army doctor at Tishrin Military Hospital on the outskirts of Damascus
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Studied at Damascus University, bachelor's degree (1982–1988).
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Graduated from high school and then studied medicine at Damascus University
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Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father, seized power after rising through the ranks of the Syrian armed forces, during which time he established a network of loyal Alawites by installing them in key posts
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Born 1965-09-11.
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Had changed the family name from al-Wahsh (lit
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