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OCCRP Names Ousted Syrian Leader Bashar al-Assad as ”Person of the Year” in Organized Crime and Corruption
Long-Serving Dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea Receives “Lifetime Non-Achievement Award” ...
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Bashar al-Assad, an Ophthalmologist Who Became a Dictator, Is the Last of a Despotic Dynasty
Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. That job was meant for his older brother, Basil, who trained as a military commander while Bashar studied to be an ophthalmologist. He wasn’t ...
Bashar al-Assad appears to issue first statement since fall of regime
Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad appears to have issued his first statement since the fall of his regime over a week ...
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Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad issues his first statement since leaving the country
Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad planned to keep fighting rebel forces in the country before Russia evacuated him, ...
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Assad assured troops that Russian help was coming — then he fled to Moscow: ‘Didn’t even make a last stand’
Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured his forces that the Russian army was coming to their aid against the rebels just hours before fleeing in secret to Moscow and abandoning his troops ...
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow under asylum, Russian news agencies say
Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source.