Assad
Americannoun
noun
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Hafiz al (ˈhafɪz æl). 1928–2000, Syrian statesman and general; president of Syria (1971–2000)
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his son, Bashar al (bæʃəæl). born 1965, Syrian statesman; president of Syria from 2000
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President Bashar Assad reportedly has fled to Russia.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Syria’s government said that it would use its intelligence networks to keep a close eye on suspected jihadists, as Sharaa’s rebel group did in the area it controlled before the fall of the Assad regime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
According to the UN, around 115,000 people have entered Lebanon from Syria since the fall of Assad, many of them since the sectarian massacres that targeted the Alawite minority on the Syrian coast in March.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
Once an opposition leader in exile, Kabawat acknowledges the government has made mistakes since President Ahmed al-Sharaa's rebel forces swept into the capital on 8 December 2024, ending decades of the Assad family's brutal dictatorship.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
Young Assad got up and raised his head to search the sky for his aimless balloon, trying to guess where it would land.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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