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Jun 29, 2022 · To press Asad to make the right decisions, the U.S. government should establish to Asad how it is in his interests to adopt the correct policies. That means adopting a wholly new approach to Damascus, o...
Hafiz al-Asad’s rise to power in November 1970 brought about a new era, as he softened his predecessors’ anti-Islamic tone. Although himself an ‘Alawi, Asad prayed in Sunni mosques, went on the pilgrimage to Mecca, an...
Sep 1, 2000 · Hafiz al-Asad’s policy of doing nothing for a prolonged period, his passive nature, and the regime’s autocratic structure meant that Syria reached an impasse in the final decade of his rule.
Asad must make his commitment clear in the Arab world and convince a majority of Arab states; Peres must convince a majority of Israeli voters. Going through this crucible of Arab and Israeli opinion would have the ad...
An enormous bronze statue of Asad--ten times larger than life--looms over the city of Hama, serving as a palpable reminder of his brutal 1982 suppression of Islamic agitation there, which left some twenty-five thousan...
Sep 8, 2023 · Asad Noor, human rights activist, former Muslim, and counter-Islamist fled his native Bangladesh due to death threats for his statements about the Quran and Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Now in hiding,...
Sep 1, 2006 · Hafez al-Assad’s June 10, 2000 death left a void in Syria. For three decades, he had ruled the country with an iron grip and conflated state interests with his own. [3] Throughout his final years, Assad ...
Sep 1, 1995 · Asad seems intentionally to have avoided dealing with the succession issue during this time. He probably procrastinated in part out of a desire to avoid any further shock to the regime’s internal order, ...
Aug 23, 2024 · Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for the vice presidency, has enjoyed softball coverage of his affiliation with—and praise for— an Islamist imam who celebrated the October 7 massacre and promoted a film...
Because the Saudi government subsidizes the publication and distribution of so many translations, the ban has in effect made Asad’s translation both expensive and difficult to obtain. Nevertheless, it remains one of t...
