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Hafez Assad

The group, which included prominent Syrian Jewish leaders, urged the new regime to preserve heritage sites.
Syrian President Bashar Assad “has big internal problems,” said a security source, adding that Assad was seeking to stabilize his regime after years of civil war that began in 2011 with the Arab Spring.
Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/ABr via Wikimedia Commons.
US sanctions Syrian leader’s oldest son, other individuals and entities
The measures were imposed under the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019.