Bashar al-Assad

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Bashar al-Assad (born 1965-09-11) has been president of the Syrian Arab Republic since 2000.

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I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces.
- Disclaiming responsibility for the killing of 4,000 people by Syrian security forces.
- Quoted in The Week, 10 December 2011, p. 111

For me he is the last Arab ruler, and Syria is the last Arab country. It is the fortress of the remaining dignity of the Arabs, and that's why I'm proud to be here.
- British MP George Galloway in a speech at the University of Damascus. The speech aired on Al-Jazeera TV on November 13, 2005. [1]

My patience ran out on President Assad a long time ago. The reason why is because he houses Hamas, he facilitates Hezbollah, suiciders go from his country into Iraq, and he destabilises Lebanon.
- George W Bush, [2]

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