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Right here’s a have a look at the lifetime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Beginning date: September 11, 1965
Beginning place: Damascus, Syria
Father: Hafez Assad, late Syrian President
Mom: Anisa Makhlouf al-Assad
Marriage: Asma (Akhras) al-Assad (2000-present)
Kids: Karim, 2004; Zein, 2003; Hafez, 2001
Schooling: College of Damascus, Drugs, 1988; Ophthalmology residency, London, 1992-1994
Navy service: Syrian Military, 1999, Colonel
Faith: Alawite Muslim
1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and inheritor obvious, Basel, dies in a automobile accident. Second son Bashar, known as again from medical coaching in Britain and is groomed to take over his father’s function as president.
1999 – Assad turns into a colonel within the Syrian military.
June 10, 2000 – President Hafez Assad dies of a coronary heart assault after 29 years in workplace.
July 10, 2000 – Assad is elected unopposed as president of Syria.
January 2006 – Assad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad maintain a summit assembly in Damascus. Assad declares his assist for Iran’s nuclear program.
April 2006 – Assad meets with the top of a United Nations panel investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri.
Could 29, 2007 – Runs unopposed for president and is elected to a second seven-year time period.
October 14, 2008 – Assad indicators a decree establishing diplomatic relations between Syria and Lebanon.
April 21, 2011 – In response to Arab Spring protests, Assad lifts the nation’s 48-year-old state of emergency legislation. The legislation, which went into impact in 1963, restricted freedom of speech and gave the federal government broad energy to detain folks for perceived threats to nationwide safety.
Could 18, 2011 – The US imposes sanctions towards Assad and 6 different senior Syrian officers. The Treasury Division particulars the sanctions by saying, “Because of this motion, any property in america or within the possession or management of US individuals wherein the people listed within the Annex have an curiosity is blocked, and US individuals are usually prohibited from participating in transactions with them.”
Could 19, 2011 – Assad is harshly criticized in a speech by US President Barack Obama. Obama says Syrians have displayed “braveness in demanding a transition to democracy [but Assad’s regime] has chosen the trail of homicide and the mass arrests of its residents…President Assad now has a alternative: He can lead that transition, or get out of the way in which.”
August 18, 2011 – Each america and the European Union name for Assad to step down. US authorities additionally impose new financial sanctions towards Damascus, freezing Syrian authorities belongings in america, barring People from making new investments in Syria and prohibiting any US transactions regarding Syrian petroleum merchandise, amongst different issues.
October 10, 2011 – A press release issued after a gathering attended by all 27 international ministers within the European Union condemns “within the strongest doable phrases the continuing brutal repression led by the Syrian regime,” and declares that Syria’s chief should resign “to permit a political transition to happen in Syria.”
November 14, 2011 – Jordan’s King Abdullah calls on Assad to resign.
November 20, 2011 – In an interview with a British newspaper, Assad warns different international locations that navy intervention in Syria would have “very dire” repercussions and that his nation “won’t again down” within the face of worldwide strain and condemnation.
November 22, 2011 – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls on Assad to resign and warns that he faces the identical destiny as Benito Mussolini, Nicolae Ceausescu, and Moammar Gadhafi, all leaders killed by their very own folks.
December 7, 2011 – In an interview with ABC’s Barbara Walters, Assad denies duty for the violence in Syria and distances himself from the conduct of his armed forces.
February 3, 2012 – Date of leaked e-mail from Asma al-Assad to a good friend discussing the deserves of shopping for a sure pair of footwear, Christian Louboutin crystal-covered pumps for about $7,000. The identical day 200 Syrians are reported to have died in Homs.
March 10-11, 2012 – Assad meets twice with UN envoy Kofi Annan to debate the bloodshed in Syria.
March 23, 2012 – European Union sanctions are positioned on Assad’s spouse, Asma, his mom, sister and sister-in-law. Their EU belongings are frozen and a journey ban prevents them from touring to any EU nation. London-born Asma can’t be barred entry into Britain regardless of the EU ban.
July 18, 2012 – Syria’s Deputy Protection Minister Assef Shawkat – Assad’s brother-in-law is killed, together with two different regime officers, in an explosion at a nationwide safety constructing in Damascus.
April 17, 2013 – In an interview with Syria state TV community al Ekhbariya, Assad compares the assist of rebels in Syria now to the backing of fighters in Afghanistan throughout their struggle with Soviet troops within the Nineteen Eighties. He predicts that the insurgent teams will someday flip towards america and others.
June 3, 2014 – Is reelected with 88.7% of the vote, in response to stories on state run tv. It’s Syria’s first election because the begin of civil struggle in 2011.
February 10, 2015 – In an interview with the BBC, Assad says his regime is apprised of US-led coalition efforts towards ISIS in Syria – not by the People, however by means of third events comparable to Iraq. Assad additionally says that Syria received’t be a part of the worldwide coalition attempting to “degrade and destroy” ISIS.
December 1, 2015 – In an interview with Czech TV, Assad says that US-led airstrikes towards ISIS haven’t slowed the terrorist group, and that ISIS has solely lately begun to shrink because of Russia’s direct involvement.
July 9, 2016 – Assad is called in a wrongful loss of life lawsuit filed in federal court docket in Washington, DC by the household of journalist, Marie Colvin, who was killed in 2012 whereas protecting the struggle in Syria. In response to the lawsuit, Colvin was focused in a rocket assault by Syrian authorities brokers due to her reporting. Colvin and different journalists had been tracked by the Syrian regime, the paperwork say. Days later, throughout an interview with NBC Information, Assad denies that the federal government was answerable for Colvin’s loss of life. He says she entered the nation illegally, placing herself in danger.
April 11, 2017 – Russian president Vladimir Putin claims, with out proof, {that a} lethal chemical assault on April 4 within the city of Khan Sheikhoun was staged to border Assad and his regime. Putin says that extra chemical assaults are being deliberate by opponents of Assad to impress motion by america.
Could 31, 2018 – Assad calls on America to go away Syria in an interview with Russia Right this moment. Assad states: “The People ought to depart. Someway, they’re going to go away. They got here to Iraq with no authorized foundation, and look what occurred to them. They should be taught their lesson. Iraq isn’t any exception. Syria isn’t any exception. Individuals won’t settle for foreigners on this area any extra.”
March 8, 2021 – Assad and his spouse, Asma, check optimistic for Covid-19.
Could 28, 2021 – Is reelected with 95.1% of the vote, though the US, UK, France, Germany and Italy challenge a joint assertion calling it a “fraudulent election.”
March 18, 2022 – Assad arrives within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and meets with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. That is his first go to to an Arab nation because the Syrian civil struggle started in 2011.
