Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview Shmuel Bar ...
Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview Shmuel Bar ...
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Regional Comm<strong>and</strong>;Central CommitteeRegional Comm<strong>and</strong>;Central CommitteeRegional Comm<strong>and</strong>;Central CommitteeRegional Comm<strong>and</strong>;Central CommitteeRegional Comm<strong>and</strong>;Central CommitteeRegional Comm<strong>and</strong>;Central CommitteeRegional Comm<strong>and</strong>;Central CommitteeMain Figures in the <strong>Syria</strong>n Ba’th PartyName Age Role in Ba’th Background Community RemarksBashar al-Asad 39 Regional Secretary ofthe Ba’th Party;Secretary General ofthe CCMahmoud al-Abrash 61 RCCCMohammad Naji al-Otari 61 RCCCFarouk al-Shara’ 67 RCCCMohammad al-Hussein 46 RCHead of NationalEconomy Bureau;CCHassan Ali Turkmani 70 RCCCHisham al-Ikhtiar 64 RCHead of the NationalSecurity Bureau; CCMD (Damascus)Ophthalmology UKPh.D. Engineering (U.of Paris)Diploma in UrbanStudies (Holl<strong>and</strong>)International Law(University ofLondon, UK)Ph.D. in Economics(Rumania)Military career, “oldguard”Military career, “oldguard”Alawite Comm<strong>and</strong>er of the Army;President of the NPF.Sunni (Damascus) President of the PeopleAssemblySunni (Aleppo) Former Mayor of Aleppo <strong>and</strong> <strong>its</strong>Governor; PM from 2003;member in the RC since 2000Sunni (Deraa) Minister of Foreign Affairs; amember in the RC since 2000Sunni (Deir Elzor) Minister of Finance; a memberin the RC since 2000Sunni Turkman(Aleppo)Minister of Defense; deputycomm<strong>and</strong>er in chief of theArmed Forces; a member inthe CC since 2000Alawite Former Head of GeneralIntelligence, known for hisexpertise in dealing with theMuslim Brotherhood436
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