Bashar Assad Rising as Heir in Shadow of Hafez
Syrian observers focus on Bashar Assad son of Hafez as potential successor amid rumors of his health and a looming peace process. Bashar, 34, once an ophthalmologist, has trained as an army colonel and gained high profile roles shaping Syria’s politics and anti corruption efforts. He faces constitutional age limits and a need to build army support while rivals within the Baath party offer possible alternatives.
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Basil Assad
Qardaha Hills
Hafez Assad
Bashar
Bashar Assad
Assad
Basil
Washington
Qardaha
Hadla Khaliji
Damascus
Khaliji
Latakia
Syria
France
Yezid Sayigh
Middle East
London
International Center For Strategic Studies
Rifaat
Jacques Chirac
Farouk Sharaa
On This Day January 4 Through History Highlights
Brief anniversary roundup notes events and births on January 4 across history. From Louis Braille's birth in Coupvray to Elizabeth Ann Seton's death in Emmitsburg and later milestones in politics and culture, including Camus's death and Nixon's Watergate case.
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Louis Braille
Coupvray
France
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Emmitsburg
William W. Grant
Davenport
Iowa
Mary Gartside
Utah
Britain
Burma
Seoul
Albert Camus
T.S. Eliot
London
Johnson
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Minnesota
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Ike
Midwest
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America
Delaware
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S
Washington, D.C
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