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FACT CHECK: No Evidence Bashar al-Assad Is Returning To Ophthalmology
A post shared on Facebook claims that deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is returning to ophthalmology in Russia. Verdict: ...
What triggered the fall of Bashar al-Assad, whose family ruled Syria for 50 years?
The streets of Syria’s Damascus echoed with celebrations after allied rebel forces took the capital, ending the al-Assad ...
The Australian20d
Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist who became a dictator, is the last of a despotic dynasty
Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad ... He moved to London in the 1980s to become an ophthalmologist, inspired by the ability of science to give people sight.
USA Today20d
From eye doctor to brutal dictator: The rise (and fall) of Syria's Bashar Assad
Bashar Assad never intended ... army − and him − to flee. Instead, Assad, the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez Assad, planned to be an ophthalmologist. He studied in Syria and then ...
Wall Street Journal20d
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 ...
London Evening Standard18d
Syrian rebels set fire to tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father
Bashar al-Assad was ousted over the weekend and fled to Russia to be given political asylum, where he reportedly plans to set up an ophthalmology clinic. Rami Abdurrahman of the British-based ...
Bashar al-Assad: The President Who Shaped Syria’s Darkest Era
Assad, once seen as a symbol of hope for democratic reform in Syria, leaves behind a legacy defined by authoritarian rule, civil war, and immense suffering ...
Euronews17d
Tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father set alight after Syrian rebel victory
who had previously worked as an ophthalmologist in London. It was after Bashar al-Assad violently clamped down on protesters in 2011 that Syria was plunged into a 13-year civil war, in the course ...
WWNO19d
A look back at Bashar al-Assad's rule of Syria
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) BASHAR AL-ASSAD: (Speaking Arabic). NORTHAM: Assad was never meant to succeed his father. His early adult life was spent in London studying ophthalmology ...
Seattle Times21d
The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an end a decades-long dynasty
Bashar was brought home from his ophthalmology practice in London, put through military training and elevated to the rank of ...
Mena FN20d
Why Did Bashar-Al-Assad Fall? What Is The Likely Impact On Syria And The Region?
A student of ophthalmology in the UK, young Bashar was only 34 when he came to Syria to take charge after his father and dictator Hafez al Assad's death in 2000. Ruthless Hafez al Assad had killed ...