the decline of a bloodthirsty dictator

He will remain the man who repressed all forms of demonstration with arms and who ordered the bombing of civilians when the Arab Spring began in Syria in 2011. Bashar Al-Assad came to power following the death of his father in June 2000. A doctor by training and shy by nature, he became president at the age of 34, being elected triumphantly but without any opposition.

He had the image of a reformer, always in a suit and tie rather than military fatigues. He had been received with his wife Asma, whom he had met in London, by the great people of this world. The former Queen of England, for example, or even in France where the red carpet was rolled out for the presidential couple. They were received by Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008.

Hope for change for the country is coming to an end with the imprisonment of dissidents and the desire to retain power at all costs. The civil war will then last 13 years.

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