Hafez al-Assad
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Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. He was previously the prime minister from 1970 to 1971 as well as th
Official portrait, 1986
Hafez al-Assad (above) standing on the wing of a Fiat G.46-4B with fellow cadets at the Syrian AF Academy outside Aleppo, 1951–52
Michel Aflaq and Salah Jadid, 1963
Women serving in the army, 1969
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
Hafez al-Assad
…of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party to power. The party ruled for over six decades until it was overthrown in 2024, under the leadership of his son Bashar al-Assad. After the 1963 coup, the new leadership appointed Assad as the commander of the Syrian Arab Air Force. In February 1966, Assad participated in a second…
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