Bashar's Syria: The Regime and its Strategic Worldview Shmuel Bar ...

Main Figures in the Syrian Ba’th Party (Continued)Name Age Role in Ba’th Background Community RemarksRegional Command;Central ComitteeMrs. Shahinaz Fakoush 50s RCHead of Youth andSport Bureau; CCBs Literature from theUniversity ofDamascusSunni (Deir Elzor) Former member in the Party’sbranch in Deir Elzor; amember in the CC since 2000Central Committee Habib ‘AbbasCentral Committee Bassam Abu ‘Assali SunniCentral Committee Governor Dr. Walidal-BouzMaronite Former Governor of Quneitra; amember in the RC until 2005Central Committee Governor EngineerHussein ’Ali al-HaddarSunni Former Governor of IdlebCentral Committee Malek ’AliCentral Committee Ali ‘Akleh ‘Arsan President of the Arab WritersAssociationCentral Committee Ghassan As’ad Alawite(?)Central Committee;Security/Intelligence; FamilyColonel Maher Hafezal-Asad37 Commander of theRepublican Guard;younger brother ofBasharBusiness Managementfrom the Universityof DamascusAlawite A member in the CC since2000; considered one of theclosest figures to BasharCentral Committee Mrs. Helane ‘Atallah SunniCentral Committee Ghiath Barakat A former lecturer in the University of AleppoSunni (Aleppo) A member in the RC until 2005;a member of the Board ofTrustees of the SyrianComputer SocietyCentral Committee Mrs. Harbiyya al-Bayda A member in the CC since2000; Director for Nursingand Kindergartens in theGeneral Union for WomenCentral Committee Ahmad Dasho A member in the CC since 2000Central Committee Antoine DayoubCentral Committee Ghassan Fares438