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[[File:President Syria Bashar al Assad.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Bashar al-Assad]]

[[File:President Syria Bashar al Assad.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Bashar al-Assad]]

'''Bashar al-Assad''' is the current president of [[Syria]]. As a member of the [[Ba'ath Party]] of Syria though in his reign some limited [[free market]] reforms were implemented. In 2011, the [[Arab Spring]] led to widespread protests in his country, which turned into the [[Syrian Civil War]], in which more than 160,000 deaths have taken place.<ref>http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/syrian-civil-war-casualties-tops-160-000.html</ref>

'''Bashar al-Assad''' is the current president of [[Syria]]. As a member of the [[Ba'ath Party]] of Syria though in his reign some limited [[free market]] reforms were implemented. In 2011, the [[Arab Spring]] led to widespread protests in his country, which turned into the [[Syrian Civil War]], in which more than 190,000 deaths have taken place.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-syria-crisis-deaths-idUSKBN0GM0KH20140822</ref>

==Politics==

==Politics==

The [[Christians in Syria]] enjoy the tolerance of the secular government. But since the [[Syrian Civil War]] they are afraid to lose it, if the jihadist opposition will come in power.

The [[Christians in Syria]] enjoy the tolerance of the secular government. But since the [[Syrian Civil War]] they are afraid to lose it, if the jihadist opposition will come in power.