Profile: Bashar al-Assad | Syrian President
Profile: Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad (R) son and designated successor of late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad follows the coffin of his father during the burial ceremony at the local mosque in the home village of the late Syrian leader June 13, 2000.
Bashar al-Assad, the apparent heir to Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, walks past a portrait of his father at the openning of a computer exhibition in Damascus April 24, 2000.
A resident of the old quarter of Damascus hangs a picture of Bashar al-Assad June 14, 2000.
A Syrian woman from Golan Heights' village of Ain al-Tinaeh uses binoculars as she searches for relatives in the Israeli-occupied village of Majdal Shames July 8, 2000. A poster showing Hafez and Bashar al-Assad is seen behind the woman.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) during talks with Libyan counterpart Mummar Gaddafi in Damascus October 8, 2000.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad review the Honor Guard at Itehadeya presidential palace in Cairo October 1, 2000.
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) stands with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus October 31, 2001
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer (L) gestures while escorting his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al Assad (2R) as they walk through a snow storm during an official welcoming ceremony at the grounds of the Presidential Palace in Ankara January 6, 2004.
Syrians chant slogans during a protest in Damascus October 24, 2005. Chanting anti-U.S. slogans, tens of thousands of Syrians protested against a U.N. inquiry they say unfairly blames Damascus for the killing of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
Syrians celebrate the return of their troops from Lebanon at the Syrian-Lebanese border of Jdeideh April 26, 2005. The poster on the right shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad opens a gate in a newly restored section of Damascus citadel late July 1, 2006.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asmaa chat with children during an Iftar dinner in the northern city of Aleppo October 6, 2006.
Posters with images of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are seen on a street in Damascus May 26, 2007.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad waves to the crowd after opening a new national hospital in Eazaz village, near Aleppo, in northern Syria April 2, 2007.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) welcomes Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at the opening of the two-day Arab Summit in Damascus March 29, 2008.
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