The latter category would include most political parties other than , , and the | According to Syrian opposition sources, North Korea has sent army units to fight on behalf of Assad in the |
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" Similarly, Max Abrahms and John Glaser stated in the in December 2017 that "The evidence of Assad sponsoring Islamic State | Beshara, Louai 21 March 2004 |
Iraqi president threatened Assad with an international tribunal over the matter, and ultimately lead to the , and United States airstrikes within Syria during the Iraq War.
Egypt's support for a political solution was reaffirmed in February 2017 | imposed limited sanctions against the Assad government in April 2011, followed by 's executive order as of 18 May 2011 targeting Bashar Assad specifically and six other senior officials |
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In the uncontested and non-democratic and , he received 97 | Assad received his primary and secondary education in the in Damascus |
Foreign relations Assad with Russian President in 2010 Iraq War and insurgency Assad opposed the despite a long-standing animosity between the Syrian and Iraqi governments | Hadid, Diaa 2 November 2014 |
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Websites such as , YouTube, and Facebook were | Al-Qaeda and ISIL In 2001, Assad condemned the |
On 10 January 2012, Assad gave a speech in which he maintained the uprising was engineered by foreign countries and proclaimed that "victory [was] near".