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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''' (11 September, 1965) 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 220,000 deaths have taken place.<ref>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=50326#.VaPYQrWlctU</ref>
'''Bashar al-Assad''' (11 September, 1965) 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 220,000 deaths have taken place.<ref>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=50326#.VaPYQrWlctU</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.
After Assad used chemical weapons on his people, [[President Trump]] ordered a one-time airstrike against a Syrian air base, firing 60 cruise missiles at it on April 6, 2017.<ref>Griffin, Jennifer; Tomlinson, Lucas (April 7, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/07/us-missiles-target-syria-airfield-in-response-to-chemical-weapons-attack.html US missiles target Syria airfield in response to chemical weapons attack]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 7, 2017.</ref> This was the first direct military action the U.S. took against the Assad regime.<ref>Ackerman, Spencer; Pilkington, Ed; Jacobs, Ben; Borger, Julian (April 7, 2017). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/06/trump-syria-missiles-assad-chemical-weapons Syria missile strikes: US launches first direct military action against Assad]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved April 7, 2017.</ref>
===Foreign Relations===
===Foreign Relations===