Inside the house of Assad
Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain power?
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Inside the house of Assad
His brother Maher and his brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat – two hardliners – were his main security advisers. In March 2011, protests about unemployment, corruption and lack of freedom broke out ...
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The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an end a decades-long dynasty
Their sister Bushra was a strong voice in his inner circle, along with her husband, Deputy Defense Minister Assef Shawkat, until he was killed in a 2012 bombing. Bashar’s cousin, Rami Makhlouf ...
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Bashar al-Assad Fast Facts
July 18, 2012 – Syria’s Deputy Defense Minister Assef Shawkat, Assad’s brother-in-law, is killed, along with two other regime officials, in an explosion at a national security building in ...
The Fall of Bashar Assad After Nearly 14 Years of War in Syria Brings End to Decades-Long Dynasty
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that ...