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Bashar al-Assad
said
Talk about the reality, about the facts, when to talk about children being killed, children of who? where? how?
— Interview with Bill Neely (July 2016) on "NBC: Exclusive Interview with Bashar al-Assad"
Bashar al-Assad
President of Syrian Arab Republic from 2000 to 2024
- Fame81.2
- Momentum10.0
- Politicians rank#87
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- Fame81.2
- Momentum10.0
- Politicians rank#87
- Wikipedia488.3K
Born 1965 · age 61
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Ruled Syria for 24 years through civil war that killed over 600,000 people, most at the hands of his forces. Fled to Moscow in December 2024 as rebels took Damascus.
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Born 11 September 1965, son of Syria's ruler Hafez al-Assad. Trained as an ophthalmologist in London through the early 1990s until his elder brother Bassel died in a 1994 car crash, pulling him back to Damascus as heir. Entered the military academy, took charge of Syria's occupation of Lebanon in 1998, and became president on 17 July 2000 after his father's death. Early hopes for reform died in 2001–2002 crackdowns that ended the Damascus Spring; his rule grew more repressive than his father's, marked by summary executions, forced disappearances, and pervasive surveillance by Ba'athist secret…
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Bashar al-Assad
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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...
— Interview with Bill Neely (July 2016) on "NBC: Exclusive Interview with Bashar al-Assad"
Bashar al-Assad
said
Whatever (Valerie) Amos or any other official or any organization say something against us doesn't mean it's real.
— Interview with Jeremy Bowen (9 February 2015) on "Syria conflict: BBC exclusive interview with President Bashar al-Assad"
Bashar al-Assad
said
[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
— As quoted by Holly Yan et. al. Al-Assad touts plan for resolution, says enemies of Syria 'will go to hell', CNN (Jan. 17, 2013)
Bashar al-Assad
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We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars...
— As quoted by Holly Yan et. al. Al-Assad touts plan for resolution, says enemies of Syria 'will go to hell', CNN (Jan. 17, 2013)
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