Submitted by Rear-gunner t3_z6rfni in worldnews
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Possible-Ice-757 t1_iy2tkpf wrote
It's amazing how the guy is still in power after all the turmoil that has happened, as in literally you would have thought he was overthrown. Didn't realise he is still around and in power.
Rear-gunner OP t1_iy2v8fg wrote
How many governments or armies would have survived all he has been subjected too?
3dio t1_iy2vdqq wrote
What was he subjected to?
Rear-gunner OP t1_iy2ve4n wrote
And he is a medical doctor!
Rear-gunner OP t1_iy2viau wrote
11 years of civil war
3dio t1_iy2vj4y wrote
He is kept in (diminishing) power by Russia /Iran. In return he offers them freedom to operate in Syria. Otherwise would have been overthrown most likely
Pitiful_Pup t1_iy2wpif wrote
The Russian aviation saved him. In 2013 his troops were losing territory very quickly. Russian hardware might be shit against NATO but it was good enough against low tech opponents like Isis.
AdmirableYouth4208 t1_iy2xpmy wrote
Terrorists
3dio t1_iy2ya4v wrote
Well. He's the only side with an actual professional army...his ethnic group (Alawites) control the army and most industry and are loyal. Also he's got military backing from Russia and Iran
Rear-gunner OP t1_iy39qyh wrote
Without Russia and Iran his professional army would have gone down. I think both these countries have much to answer for what they have done in Syria.
Many-Lawfulness-9770 t1_iy417ez wrote
Backwards dictator of backwards nation vows to continue being backwards.
_SpaceTimeContinuum t1_iy5lvit wrote
He even has a Hitler mustache.
Rear-gunner OP t1_iy2t2x5 wrote
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has pledged that Damascus will continue to back Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah.