Bashar Al-Assad
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- Agence France-Presse: Syria president denies building nuclear reactor (April 27, 2008)
- Wikipedia: Bashar Al-Assad
- BBC News: Profile: Bashar Al-Assad
- Al Jazeera.net: President Bashar al-Asad: Profile
- Guardian Unlimited: Democracy Damascus Style: Assad the Only Choice in Referendum
- Middle East Media Research Institute: The Syrian Economy Under Bashar al-Assad
- Charlie Rose: An Hour with Syrian President Bashar Al-assad (Time: 53:13)
Bashar Al-Assad Recent News
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- BBC News: Assad sets conference conditions (October 1, 2007)
- TIME: Syria: Israel Hit `unused Building' (October 1, 2007)
- Reuters: US sources spread fabrications on Israel raid-Syria (October 1, 2007)
- Mother Jones: Interview: Bashar al-Assad (2007)
- Dar Al Hayat: "...Sometimes We Pursue Terrorists and They Flee There..." (2006)
- AlJazeera.net: Search For Bashar Al-Assad News
- Guardian Unlimited: Lebanon and Syria Special Reports
- Times Online: Israel Denies Secret Deal with Syria (2007)
Bashar Al-Assad Background and Profiles
- MwcNews.net: Timeline: Bashar Al-Assad in Power
- Telegraph: Syria Factfile: Key Figures
- IraqiNews.com: Bashar Al-Assad
- Council on Foreign Relations: Syria's Leaders
- President Bashar Al-Assad's Inaugural Address
- BBC News: Hariri 'Threatened by Syria Head' (2005)
- CommonDreams.org: The Dangerous Implications of the Hariri Assassination and the U.S. Response (2005)
Bashar Al-Assad Blogs and Commentaries
- Time: Middle East Blog: The Second Coming of Bashar
- Atlas Shrugs: Syria Election: a Sham built on a farce
- Gateway Pundit: Pelosi Meets With Bashar Assad
- Joshua Landis: Syria Comment
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Bashar Al-Assad Photos
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Bashar Al-Assad Videos
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- Google Video: Charlie rose Interviews Al-Assad
- Democracy Now: Interview with Assad
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Bashar Al-Assad Criticism and Controversy
- Slate Magazine: Bashar Assad: The Evil Moron Who's Running Syria (2003)
- Open Democracy: Syria’s Quagmire, al-Assad’s Tunnel (2006)
- Middle East Quarterly: Does Bashar al-Assad Rule Syria? (2003)
- Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs: Syrian Foreign Policy Under Bashar al-Assad (2004)
- Forward.com: The Two Faces of Bashar Al-Assad (2006)
Bashar Al-Assad Timeline
- 1965: Born September 11, 1965
- 1980's: Bashar moves to London to study ophthalmology
- 1994: Bashar Al-Assad's brother Basil killed. Bashar becomes informal heir apparent
- 2000: June, Former president Hafez al-Assad dies
- 2000: July, His son, Bashar takes power
- 2004: May, US imposes sanctions on Syria, accusing it of supporting "terrorism"
- 2005: February: Rafiq al-Hariri assassinated. Many blame Syria, Al-Assad denies responsibility
- 2005: April, Syrian troops leave Lebanon - ending 29-year presence
- 2007: March-April, Al-Assad receives visit from Javier Solana and Nancy Pelosi
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