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[[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, he is a [[socialist]] [[dictator]], 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 70,000 deaths have taken place.

'''Bashar al-Assad''' is the current president of [[Syria]]. As a member of the [[Ba'ath Party]] of Syria, he is a [[socialist]] [[dictator]], 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 100,000 deaths have taken place.<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/un-more-100000-now-dead-syrias-civil-war</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.

His elder brother, Basil, was killed in a car accident in 1994.

His elder brother, Basil, was killed in a car accident in 1994.

[[Category:Current Heads of State]]

[[Category:Current Heads of State]]