Syrian President Bashar al-Assad interrupted a speech to parliament after he began to feel – and told lawmakers he “should sit for a minute.” The moment happened when the 54-year-old Ba’ath Party leader sat for about 30 minutes in his remarks on Wednesday. Assad began to appear weak and stopped …
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stopped a speech in parliament, telling lawmakers he “had to sit for a minute” after suffering a blood clot. The 54-year-old was half an hour into his speech Wednesday when he began to appear tired, pausing twice to take a sip of water from a …
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Hafez Bashar al-Assad, the eldest son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is on the latest list of 14 senior officials and entities of the Syrian regime sanctioned by the United States Department of State under the so-called Caesar Act. The appointments, which focus on the “Barbarian First Division of the …
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Damascus begins parliamentary elections on Sunday in areas controlled by the country’s government, as President Bashar al-Assad served 20 years in power amid continued war and deep economic problems. More than 2,000 candidates, including businesspeople under recently imposed sanctions by the United States, will participate in the legislative elections, the …
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