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Commands. Syrian Air Force Syrian Armed Forces. Battles/wars. Six-Day War War of Attrition Black September Yom Kippur War. Hafez al-Assad [a] (6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman, military officer and revolutionary who served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
Hafez al-Assad signing bilateral documents with Nicolae Ceaușescu, dictator of Socialist Republic of Romania While promoting himself as a historical leader in the style of Nasser and Salah ad-Din , Assad regarded his main goals to be Arab unity and an uncompromising struggle against Israel.
Jun 6, 2024 · Hafez al-Assad (born October 6, 1930, Qardāḥa, Syria—died June 10, 2000, Damascus) was the president of Syria (1971–2000) who brought stability to the country and established it as a powerful presence in the Middle East.
Jun 11, 2000 · Hafez al-Assad, the air force officer who ruled Syria for three decades, transforming a Middle East backwater into an introverted regional power that endured as the center of unbending...
Nov 11, 2011 · After three decades of ruling though emergency decree, Hafez al-Assad passed away peacefully in 2000. Upon his death, his son, current president Bashar al-Assad took over the reins.
Hafez al-Assad emerged from the hothouse of Syrian politics following independence from France in 1946. 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.
Nov 4, 2015 · The Assad family has ruled Syria for more than four decades, but how did they rise to power? Hafez al-Assad was the architect of modern Syria.
Ḥāfiẓ al-Assad, (born Oct. 6, 1930, Qardāḥa, Syria—died June 10, 2000, Damascus), President of Syria (1971–2000). He joined the Baʿth Party in 1946 and in 1955 became an air force pilot.
Quick Reference. (b. 6 Oct. 1930, d. 16 Oct. 2000). President of Syria 1971–2000. Early career. Born in Qardaha into the Alawi sect, he became an officer in the airforce. He joined the Ba'ath Party in the 1950s, and became part of a group of nationalist officers who organized the successful coup of 1963.
Feb 2, 2012 · The Hama massacre (estimated to have killed twenty thousand to forty thousand Syrians) marked the end of the turbulent years of unrest in Syria, tightening Hafez al-Assad’s grip on the...
