Bashar al-Assad Inaugurated as Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad was inaugurated as Syrian president in the Syrian parliament on Monday.Bashar was elected on July 11 as president of Syria with an overwhelming majority of votes in a nationwide referendum. Bashar's father Hafez al-Assad died of a heart attack on June 10 after ruling the country for the last three decades. |
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