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Bashar al-Assad

Also known as Bashshār, Bashar al Assad, Bashar Assad, Bashar Hafez al-Assad

President of Syrian Arab Republic from 2000 to 2024

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Bashar al-Assad was the president of Syria from 2000 until 2024, making him the leader of one of the Middle East's most strategically important and conflict-affected countries during a period that included a major civil war. His long rule and the Syrian conflict shaped regional politics and had significant global implications, affecting millions of people through displacement, casualties, and international involvement.

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Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
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Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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Tissue-based map of the human proteome
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Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,795x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
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“[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.”
“[T]here is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.”
“They are not my forces. They are military forces that belong to the government.… I don't own them. I am [the] president. I don't own the country so they are not my forces.”
“I'm not a puppet. I wasn't made by the west to go to the west or any other country. I'm Syrian. I'm made in Syria. I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.”
“[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.”
“We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars... We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality.”