Assad

[ah-sahd]

noun

1. Hafez al 1928?–2000, Syrian military and political leader: president from 1971.

Assad

/ ˈasat /

noun

1. Hafiz al (ˈhafɪz æl). 1928–2000, Syrian statesman and general; president of Syria (1971–2000)

2. his son, Bashar al (bæʃəæl). born 1965, Syrian statesman; president of Syria from 2000

Example Sentences

The instructor stated a chemical weapons attack in the Syrian city of Douma in 2018, by the Russian-backed Assad regime, was a "canonical example of fake news", ignoring findings of a two-year investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirming the attacks were carried out by the Syrian Air Force.

From BBC

Though large swaths of Yarmouk are still in ruins, conditions are now “five stars” compared with nine months ago when then-President Bashar Assad fled the country, Ayoub said.

From Los Angeles Times

Oweymar’s words were a measure of the uneasy relationship the Assad family maintained with Palestinians.

From Los Angeles Times

Under the rule of Assad’s father, Hafez, Palestinians enlisted in a special corps in the military called “The Liberation Army.”

From Los Angeles Times

Assad continued his father’s policies and aligned Syria with the so-called Axis of Resistance, an Iran-backed network of factions arrayed against the U.S. and Israel that championed the Palestinian cause.

From Los Angeles Times