World & Nation
As foreign dignitaries and the world’s media poured into this insular capital Monday on the eve of President Hafez Assad’s state funeral, the first public challenge emerged to the well-oiled plan for passing the mantle of leadership to his son Bashar.
June 13, 2000
The office of Syrian President Bashar Assad says he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus and are self-isolating at home.
March 8, 2021
Syria: Some say Bashar, the government’s ‘Mr. Fix-It,’ may do anything to consolidate control.
June 17, 2000
Politics: Bashar Assad could face challenges from within his own family, from Muslims or Lebanese.
June 11, 2000
Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s uncle was sentenced to four years in prison in France for using Syrian state funds to build a French real estate empire.
June 17, 2020
Television
“Inside Syria’s Deadly Dynasty,” a fascinating two-hour special that airs Sunday on the National Geographic network, documents the rise of Syrian President Bashar Assad from an unassuming London eye doctor to a brutal dictator who is feared in his own country and across the Middle East.
Dec. 1, 2018
Syrian President Bashar Assad has been sworn in for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country.
July 17, 2021
World Now
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July 18, 2012
Nov. 8, 2012
Charlie Rose interviews Syrian President Bashar Assad
Sept. 8, 2013