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Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain ...

Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news ...

Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a ...