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It's been 14 years since the start of the Syrian civil war and fighting continues even after Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December. CBS News Middle East reporter Courtney Kealy has more. Mar 14 05:03 What we know about violence in Syria ...
WhenBashar Assadinherited power following the death of his father in June 2000, Syria entered an exclusive club. There are very few countries in the world where the presidency has been directly passed from father to son. Among them, only three countries have father-son pairs who have ruled un...
In his first public appearance since fighters entered the Damascus suburbs Saturday, al-Golani visited the sprawling Umayyad Mosque and called Assad's fall "a victory to the Islamic nation." Calling himself by his given name, Ahmad al-Sharaa, and not his nom de guerre, he told hundreds of ...
Sometimes the boys ask to play rebel or field hospital instead. As rebels, they kill police andshabiha, the hated pro-Assad thugs. When they play field hospital, they often reenact what happened to their mom. “Calm down. You will get better soon. They’re going to give you a new han...
9月23日,叙利亚总统夫妇出席杭州亚运会开幕式,不少网友称被第一夫人阿斯玛·阿萨德(Asma al-Assad)圈粉了。 Bashar al Assad waves at the ceremony with his wife, Asma al Assad, beside him. Pic: AP 昨天,阿斯玛·阿萨德访问北京外国语大...
President Assad: There's a big difference. It doesn't matter, how many years, the question-- Charlie Rose: Well, it does matter. I mean-- President Assad: No, what's matter for us, do the Syrians support, these two presidents, doesn't matter is they are father and son. We don'...
alongside Mohammad, while, following her death, the government produced portraits of Assad's mother surrounded by a halo. Syrian officials were made to refer to him as the 'sanctified one'. This strategy of creating a cult of personality was pursued further by Hafez's son Bashar Al-Assad. ...
Aunque muchos evitan hablar con la prensa, algunos dejan entrever el espíritu que guía estos días clave: unidad sin proselitismo, diálogo sin presión, fe sin estridencias Beef Wellington mortal: la macabra trama de una anfitriona ac...
BEIRUT (AP) — La última vez que el presidente sirio Bashar Assad estuvo en serios problemas fue hace 10 años, en el apogeo de la guerra civil del país, cuando sus fuerzas perdieron el control de varias partes de Alepo, la ciudad más grande, y sus