The al-Assad family:
Hafez al-Assad and his wife, Anisa Makhlouf.
From left to right: Bashar, Maher, Majd, Bassel, and Bushra al-Assad
Hafez was a hero and patriot (I did live in Syria under him). Like his father before him, and his son after him. I speak of a Great Leader. All RESPECTED him.
The First Family & al Assad
The First Family of Syria. My people chose wisely
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The Grandfather:
There was a man, named Ali Suleiman, al Wahash (The Beast) {1875 – 1963RIP}. He was the grandfather of President Dr. Bashar al Assad. He fought the Ottoman Empire when they came to his village: Qardaha, just east of Latakia in north-west Syria at the turn of the 20th century.
Once he challenged the Turkish/Ottoman unbeaten wresting champ to a match, and won easily, and the Turks were forced to negotiate with him.
He made a deal making many villages exempt from the collection of taxes, slaves, and soldiers for the war.
In 1920 the Syrian people said : You are NOT a Beast, you are a LION, and He became Ali Suleiman al Assad.
His sons Hafez & Rafat were raised to be a lover of education. They were one of the first Syrians to gain a European Baccalaureate Degree, and Hafez brought the desire for education to Syria. To this day a degree from Damascus University is recognized the world over.
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The Father:
Since winning its independence, Syria’s Baathist leadership has done a great deal to improve the living standards of the population. Between 1970 and 2009, the life expectancy in Syria increased by 17 years. During this time period infant mortality dropped dramatically from 132 deaths per 1,000 live births to only 17.9. According to an article published by the Avicenna Journal of Medicine, these notable changes in access to public health came as a result of the Syrian government’s efforts to bring medical care to the country’s rural areas.
A 1987 country study of Syria, published by the U.S. Library of Congress, describes huge achievements in the field of education. During the 1980s, for the first time in Syria’s history, the country achieved “full primary school enrollment of males” with 85 percent of females also enrolled in primary school. In 1981, 42 percent of Syria’s adult population was illiterate. By 1991, illiteracy in Syria had been wiped out by a mass literacy campaign led by the government.
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The Son:
Truth about Syria and al Assad About Syria
• The Assad family belongs to the tolerant Islam of Alawid orientation.
• Syrian women have the same rights as men to study, health and education.
• Syria women are not forced to wear the burqa. The Sharia (Islamic law) is unconstitutional.
• Syria is the only Arab country with a secular constitution and does not tolerate Islamic extremist movements.
• Roughly 12% of the Syrian population belongs to one of the many Christian denominations, all fully integrated in Syrian political and social life.
• In other Arab countries the Christian population is less than 1% due to sustained hostility. (Except: Egypt is the largest Christian community in the Middle East and North Africa standing at between 10% – 15% – & Lebanon, some estimates are as high as 40% Christian)
• Syria has banned genetically modified (GMO) seeds, stating his decision was made in order “to preserve human health,”
• Syria has an opening to Western society and culture like no other Arab country.
• Its media and universities openly debate the global power elite’s influence in things. This means that they fully grasp the fact that real power in the West lies not in the White House but rather with the complex and powerful grid of elite think-tanks and central banks.
• Throughout history there have been five popes of Syrian origin. Religious tolerance is unique in the area.
• Prior to the current civil war, Syria was one of the only peaceful countries in the area, having avoided major wars or internal conflicts.
• Syria was the only country that admitted Iraqi refugees without any social, political or religious discrimination
• Syria clearly and unequivocally opposes Zionism and the Israel government.
• Following a massive oil find in Syria’s Golan Heights, occupied by Israel since 1967, Netanyahu recently asked Obama to recognize its annexation of the territory. To consolidate its hold, plans are afoot to quadruple Israeli settler numbers to 100,000.
And the most two important points:
• Syria is one of the only countries in the Middle East without debts to the International Monetary Fund ( Pre-invasion Libya & Iran the only others )
• Syria is the only Mediterranean country which remains the owner of its oil company, with an oil reserve of 2,500 million barrels, the operation of which has avoided privatization and is reserved exclusively for state-owned enterprises. – Fredi Hazeem, Dec 2015
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