The president of the
Syrian Arab Republic. Has managed to survive 5 years of the Syrian War and regain most of the populated areas of the country because of a fair degree of support amongst most groups of the Syrian population.
Opposed by western interests, destructive Gulf states and their puppets on the ground.
As a
reformer, under his rule the Syrian economy steadily improved before the onset of the war. Several steps on the way to democracy were also taken such as a multi-party system in the Syrian Parliament, however strangely enough some western observers still claim the country would be better off governed by
the allies of the Syrian branch of
al-Qaeda even though they strongly oppose democracy as a western invention.
Phrase used by the supports of
Bashar al-Assad and the
Syrian government:
Allah,
Souriya, Bashar ou bas!