Bashar Assad: How a novice eye doctor and his minority family ruled Sunni-majority Syria for half a century
The Assad family’s rule over Syria, which lasted for more than half a century, has come to a dramatic end after a decade-long bloody civil war. Rebel forces breached the regime’s seat of power in Damascus, prompting President Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist, to flee. This marks the collapse of the Assad family’s long-standing rule over … Read more
