Syrian President Hafez al-Assad advised Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the strongman of the region at the time, to communicate with his son and heir to the presidency, Bashar al-Assad.
After the fall of President Bashar al-Assad ... Syria under Mr. Assad and before him his father, Hafez al-Assad, never considered Lebanon an independent country. As an occupier starting in ...
"At least under the former dictator, Bashar al-Assad," he says ... We meet some of them at our final stop at a Shiite shrine in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Singing in ...
The fall of the Assad regime will have a substantial impact on Lebanese politics, highlighting border tensions, refugee ...
Rifaat al-Assad arrived in Lebanon overland and "departed from Beirut ... Hafez al-Assad and long-time political adviser to his son Bashar al-Assad, was similarly able to pass through Beirut ...
Syria was the dominant power in Lebanon for three decades under the Assad family, with president Hafez al-Assad intervening in its 1975-1990 civil war and his son Bashar al-Assad only withdrawing ...
Syria's new ruler and Lebanon's prime minister pledged on ... bringing an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment ...