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Assad, Bashar al-
(Encyclopedia) Assad, Bashar al- Assad, Bashar al- bäshärˈ äl-äsˈsäd [key], 1965–, Syrian political leader, son of Hafez al-Assad. A medical doctor, he left Syria (1992) for an…Bashar Assad, 2000 News
34, Syrian ophthalmologist, was thrust into the international spotlight after his father, Syrian president Hafez Assad, died of a heart attack in June. Hafez Assad had been grooming his soft…Hafez, Amin al-
(Encyclopedia) Hafez or Hafiz, Amin al-Hafez or Hafiz, Amin al-ämēnˈ äl-häˈfəz [key], 1921?–2009, Syrian army officer and politician. He served (1963–65) as chief of state in Syria's Ba'athist…Syria
(Encyclopedia) CE5 SyriaSyriasērˈēə [key], officially Syrian Arab Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 18,735,000), 71,467 sq mi (185,100 sq km), W Asia. It borders on Lebanon and the Mediterranean…Soleimani, Qasem
(Encyclopedia) Soleimani, Qasem, or Qassem SuleimaniSoleimani, Qasem,käˈsəm Sōləmänˈē [key], 1957–2020, Iranian general. He joined the Revolutionary Guards following the 1979 revolution and was…Homs
(Encyclopedia) HomsHomshômz, hôms [key] or HimsHomshĭms [key], city (1995 est. pop. 455,000), capital of Homs governorate, W central Syria, on the Orontes River. A commercial center located in a…Syria Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note SyriaThe Ommayad Mosque, Damascus, Syria, October 20, 2005. [© AP Images] PROFILEOFFICIAL NAME:Syrian Arab RepublicGeographyArea: 185,170 sq. km. (71,504…2000 People in the News
Nathaniel Abraham,Mehmet Ali AgcaJamil Abdullah Al-AminLance Armstrong,Bashar Assad,Charles G. Bakaly 3rd,Steven A. Ballmer,Barbie,Thomas E. Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank CherryBill Bradley,…Significant Ongoing Armed Conflicts, 2014
The following table shows where wars and armed conflicts are raging Main warring parties Year began1 Middle East…Trending
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