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He graduated 1955 from the syrian military academy and advanced through the army ranks to. Syria and the assad family is a history that examines how hafez alassads middle son grew up and the events that brought him to power in syria. While the true social and economic origins of the syrian civil war stretch back decades, the longstanding culture of government corruption and purchased loyalties hastened the final spiral toward war. His widow has even since been constantly asking for their return, even appealing to former syrian president hafez al assad during the syrianisraeli peace process back in the 1990s. Haywood rankin was a political officer at the embassy in damascus from 19841986, where he worked with the alawicontrolled government of hafez alassad. The son of a syrian father and a french mother, riad travels with his parents from rural france to muammar gaddafis libya and hafez alassads syria, pursuing his fathers dreams for the arab nation. It tells the story of hafez alassad and his son bashar and their rule in syria. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Lynne rienner publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cuttingedge, high quality scholarly and academic books and. How bashar alassad became a brutal dictator psychology. The best books on syria five books expert recommendations. Secretary of state henry kissingers first meeting with syrian president hafez alassad, in 1973, dragged on until almost eleven p. As a young man, assadthe second son of strongman president hafez alassadwas so painfully shy that in. Son of exsyrian president says he knows where israeli spy.

Is the syrian president, bashar alassad, going to be able to stay in power. The bitter legacy of syrias hafez alassad by jean shaoul and chris marsden 16 june 2000 the political career of syrian president hafez alassad, whose death. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. But the hardship they encounter under such oppressive regimes threatens to tear his family apart. Hafez alassad was born on october 6th 1930 in qardaha syria to an allawite family. They all reflect the gruesome nature of how bashar alassad and his family have clung to power as they have slowly destroyed their country by killing over 500,000 people and creating millions of refugees. Thirty years later, hafezs son, president bashar alassad, faces a similar issue in syrias fourthlargest city, where. He served 196670 as syrias minister of defense and commander in chief of the air force. Zein was born on 5 november 2003, and karim on 16 december 2004.

On 30th anniversary of hama massacre, syrian troops lock. Though broadly criticized for savage strategies most notably the 1982 hama massacre, hes also commended for bringing equilibrium to syria, and for enhancing relations between syria and western powers by. In 1957 a young airforce officer from the highlands called hafez alassad married a girl from the coast named anisa makhlouf. The story is told in large part through the assad familys friendship with another syrian family, the tlass family. Answering these questions requires an understanding of bashars religious sect, the alawites, the regional strife among sunni and shiite nations, arab nationalism, and the assad family as a whole. Ali sulayman was an allawite noble that was stridently against the french occupation. In syria, hafez alassad sought to construct a cult of personality from the moment he grabbed power, but his statues became more ubiquitous only after he emerged victorious from a. A regime divided trouble in bashar alassads own ranks. The book links syrias paststarting with the emergence of the late former president, hafez alassadto its present, with assads son, bashar. He graduated 1955 from the syrian military academy and advanced through the army ranks to become a general. Hafez assad was born abu sulayman wahish on october 6, 1930, in the small village of qurdaha, situated in a mountainous region to the southeast of syria. Strike the enemys settlements, turn them into dust, pave the arab roads with the skulls of jews.

Born hafez al wahash to an alawite village family in the coastal hills near latakia in 1930, he might have lived a life of low status, as a member of a despised rural community considered religious heretics by the dominant sunnis. A regime divided trouble in bashar alassads own ranks middle. I talked recently to hafezs brother rifat alassad, once a right hand of the regime, who is widely blamed for. It ran so long, the times reported, that the media began to.

Both grew up in an impoverished countryside with a twentieth century tradition of exporting people to the cities. However, seale gives us a good portrayal of the late hafez al assad and his rise to power and subsequent struggle to keep it. Syrian president bashar alassad never seemed cut out to be a dictator. Hafez alassad biography childhood, life achievements. In 1957 a young airforce officer from the highlands called hafez al assad married a girl from the coast named anisa makhlouf.

The muslim brotherhood threat to hafez alassads regime was neutralized. He acquiesced to the sunni elite, created an effective secret services, and most of all appointed the next ruler of syria, the quiet, multilingual, tech savvy ophthalmologist, bashar alassad. News about hafez alassad, including commentary and archival articles published in the new york times. Hafez alassad 6 october 1930 10 june 2000 was a syrian statesman, politician and general who was president of syria from 1971 to 2000, prime minister from 1970 to 1971, regional secretary of the regional command of the syrian regional branch and secretary general of the national command of the baath party from 1971 to 2000. A biography of the military leader who became president of syria in 1970. Hafez alassad goodreads meet your next favorite book. Undated picture shows thensyrian president hafez assad and his wife, anisseh, posing for a family picture with their children, maher, from left, bashar syrias current president, bassel, majd. The young asad was raised in a closely knit community of family members, he is described as helping out with the crops and receiving little education. It looked like a war zone, remembered syrian scholar amr al azm. Hafez alassad and son bashar alassad in the last few years a number of important books dealing with the syrian tragedy have appeared. For the 30 years that bashar alassads father, hafez, ruled syria, he kept potential enemies at bay by creating divisions among the people who were in a position to challenge him.

He was also the general of syrian air force from 1955 1972. Damascus diary an inside account of hafez al assad s peace. President hafez alassad, master of syria since 1979, was a towering figure of arab politics, respected and feared in his own country and throughout the middle east. He showed interest in public issues during that period which witnessed the second world war. It also comprehensively analyzes the ongoing civil war against assad. On 30 may, turkish newspapers widely reported that turkish security forces have arrested alnusra front fighters in the southern provinces of mersin and.

Hafez was the president of syria for 3 decades and ruled severely and brutally. His father, mustafa tlass, was the inseparable colleague and partner of assads father, hafez alassad, who ruled syria from 1970 to 2000, and he supervised bashars accession to the. Dagher explains brutal syrian regimes in assad or we burn. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. Hafez was born on 6 october 1930 in qardaha to an alawite family 8 of the kalbiyya tribe.

Norman pratt worked as an economic officer in damascus from 19631967, during which time he saw the first rumblings of muslim brotherhood dissent against the assad regime. Assad is buried with his son, bassel al assad, in a mausoleum in his hometown of qardaha. Assads paternal grandfather, ali sulayman alassad, had managed to change his status from peasant to minor notable and, to reflect this, in 1927 he had changed the family name from wahsh meaning savage to alassad. Produced in the hamlet ofqardaha insyria on october 6, 1930, hafez alassad became president of the united states in 1971, after participating in multiple coups. This is a book in the finest tradition of investigative scholarship. They are about the same age saddam was born in 1937, assad in 1930 and come from minority backgrounds.

Special event the death of hafez alassad aired june 10, 2000 8. He obtained his high school degree in lattakia in early forties. Hafez al assads most enduring legacies knit together the alawite community and other minorities. Like father, like son association for diplomatic studies. Hafiz alasad was born the 9th of 11 children, his mother naisa, her husbands 2nd wife was 20 years younger than her husband. The enigmatic story of how syrias bashar alassad turned.

Like in prewar iraq under saddam hussein, loyalty and favor had been traded like currency among the upper echelons of syrian society since the early days of hafez alassads rule. Hafez alassad emerged from the hothouse of syrian politics following independence from france in 1946. Though widely criticized for brutal tactics most notably the 1982 hama massacre, he is also praised for bringing stability to syria, and for improving relations between syria and western powers by supporting america in the persian. Bashar al assad was the second son of hafez and anisa al assad.

More than an excellent biography of hafiz alasad, syrias national leader, this is. Born in the village of qardaha in syria on october 6, 1930, hafez alassad became syrian president of the country in 1971, after taking part in multiple coups. Seale has been accused of being insufficiently hard on assad, but he could. He was the father of former syrian president hafez alassad, and grandfather of current syrian president bashar alassad. The history behind bashar alassads rise to power and the civil war. Most interesting was the account of his struggle with the international events and crises of the day.