Bushra al-Assad - Wikipedia
Bushra al-Assad (Arabic: بُشْرَى ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Bušrā al-ʾAsad) (born 24 October 1960) [1] is the first child and only daughter of Hafez al-Assad, who was the president of Syria from 1971 to 2000. She is the sister of current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Bashar Al Assad Syria Family: A Guide | The New Republic
Sep 9, 2013 · Brawny and handsome, often pictured in military uniform and aviators, Bassel al-Assad was an engineer and army intelligence captain. Widely expected to succeed his father as Syrian president...
Al-Assad family - Wikipedia
Bushra al-Assad (born 1960) is a pharmacist and married with five children [39] to: Gen. Assef Shawkat (1950–2012), was deputy-chief of staff of the Syrian army and the former head of military intelligence .
Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
Bashar al-Assad [a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th and current president of Syria since 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.
Getting to know Syria’s first family | CNN
Mar 26, 2012 · Bushra al-Assad. Bushra al-Assad is the eldest of al-Assad’s five siblings. A pharmacist by training, she is said to be very intelligent. She also had a close relationship with her...
Syrian president's sister 'now in Dubai' - news.com.au
Sep 23, 2012 · EMBATTLED Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's only sister, Bushra, whose husband was killed in a July bombing, is now living in Dubai with her children, Syrian residents have said.
Bashar al-Assad's widowed sister has left Syria for UAE - source
Sep 27, 2012 · Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's widowed sister Bushra has left Syria and is living in the United Arab Emirates, a source close to the UAE government said on Thursday.
Bashar al-Assad: behind the mask - Financial Times
Jun 15, 2012 · Across the country, Bashar al-Assad, once revered as the Lion [“Assad” in Arabic] of Damascus, has been ridiculed in Syria’s revolution as a giraffe and is now dubbed a duck, the nickname his...
Bashar al-Assad | Family, Biography, & Facts | Britannica
Nov 1, 2024 · Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria since 2000, when he succeeded his father, Hafez al-Assad. In spite of early hopes that he would support democratic reforms, he largely continued his father’s authoritarian methods. Beginning in 2011, he faced a major uprising that evolved into civil war.
Syria: The rise of the Assads - BBC News
Nov 4, 2015 · The conflict in Syria has drawn in major global powers, some supporting and some opposing President Bashar al-Assad. The Assad family has ruled Syria for more than four decades, but how did...