Ghuta
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Ghouta is a countryside area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim.
View of Ghouta from the mountains surrounding the area
Bashar al-Assad
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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 pres
Ghuta
…Syria's government. During the civil unrest that began in Syria in March 2011, eastern Ghouta residents joined the protests against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and joined the Syrian rebels, successfully expelling Syrian government forces by November 2012. In February 2013, Syrian rebels captured parts of the…
Assad in 2018
Photograph of Bassel al-Assad (1962–1994), Bashar's older brother, who was initially destined to succeed his father in the presidency of Syria, but died in an automobile accident in 1994
Young Bashar al-Assad serving in the military
Assad with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Damascus, 3 December 2003