Reviewing politics
and culture since 1913

  1. Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad is the former president of Syria. Born in 1965, he took office in July 2000 a month after his father, Hafez, the previous president, died, and fled from office in December 2024. In 2011, as part of the Arab Spring, protests began in Syria calling for Assad to be removed from office. They were violently suppressed, and the confrontation escalated to a civil war. Find our latest news and comment on Bashar al-Assad here.