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Bashar al-Assad
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Bashar al-Assad

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Bashar Hafez al-Assad is a Syrian former politician, doctor, and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his overthrow in 2024 after the Syrian civil war. As president, Assad was commander-in-chief of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Soc…

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Syria
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Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levan…

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Syrian civil war
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The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent …

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10 events
2024
Syrian_civil_war
The Syrian civil war ended when Bashar al-Assad's party, the Syrian Ba'ath Party, surrendered to the Syrian opposition.
2013
Little_India,_Singapore
After a fatal car accident in the Little India region of Singapore, angry mobs of passers-by attacked the bus involved and emergency vehicles, the first riot in the country in over 40 years.
2013
Metallica
Metallica (pictured) played a concert in Antarctica, becoming the first band to perform on all seven continents.
2010
IKAROS
The Japanese experimental spacecraft IKAROS flew by Venus at a distance of 80,800 km (50,200 mi), completing its planned mission to demonstrate solar-sail technology.
2009
December_2009_Baghdad_bombings
Bombings in Baghdad carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq killed at least 127 people and injured at least 448 others.
1998
Cricket_Australia
The Australian Cricket Board's cover-up of Shane Warne and Mark Waugh's involvement with bookmakers was revealed.
1991
Belovezha_Accords
Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian leaders signed the Belovezh Accords, agreeing to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1987
Arab–Israeli_conflict
Arab–Israeli conflict: An Israeli army tank transporter killed four Palestinian refugees and injured seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, sparking the First Intifada.
1987
Queen_Street_massacre
A man shot and killed eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
1980
John_Lennon
English musician John Lennon was murdered at the entrance of the Dakota, where he resided in New York City.

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