Originally an eye doctor studying in London, al-Assad was never meant to become president. He was called back to Syria after the death of his older brother, Basil. In order for Bashar to assume ...
Half a century of dictatorship between Basharal-Assad and his father, Hafez. Half a million lives lost in a civil war under the younger Assad's hand. Now that he's gone, Syria is looking toward ...
Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President ...