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Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian physician and former political leader who served as president of Syria from 2000 until he was ousted in December 2024. He inherited the presidency from his father, Hafez al-Assad, and ruled through the Ba'ath Party and a highly centralized state. His government faced the Syrian uprising and civil war that began in 2011, along with extensive international criticism over alleged abuses.
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