Ben Wedeman

Dec 1, 2024 | rsn.org | Ben Wedeman

"Our leader forever” was a slogan one often saw in Syria during the era of President Hafez al-Assad, father of today’s Syrian president. The prospect that the dour, stern Syrian leader would live forever was a source of dark humor for many of my Syrian friends when I lived and worked in Aleppo in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Hafez al-Assad died in June 2000. He wasn’t immortal after all. His regime, however, lives on under the leadership of his son Bashar al-Assad.

Nov 30, 2024 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Ben Wedeman

Ben Wedeman30 de noviembre de 2024, 11:57 p.m.·4  min de lectura(CNN) – “Nuestro líder para siempre” era un eslogan que se veía a menudo en Siria durante la época del presidente Hafez al-Assad, padre del actual presidente sirio. La perspectiva de que el adusto y severo líder sirio viviera para siempre era una fuente de humor negro para muchos de mis amigos sirios cuando vivía y trabajaba en Aleppo a finales de la década de los ochenta y principios de la de los noventa.

Nov 30, 2024 | lucianne.com | Ben Wedeman

Original ArticlePosted By: Dreadnought, 11/30/2024 4:15:57 PM"Our leader forever" was a slogan one often saw in Syria during the era of President Hafez al-Assad, father of today's Syrian president. The prospect that the dour, stern Syrian leader would live forever was a source of dark humor for many of my Syrian friends when I lived and worked in Aleppo in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Hafez al-Assad died in June 2000. He wasn't immortal after all.

Nov 30, 2024 | cnn.com | Ben Wedeman

An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after jihadists and their allies entered the northern Syrian city, on November 30, 2024. Mohammed Al-Rifai/AFP/Getty Images CNN  —  “Our leader forever” was a slogan one often saw in Syria during the era of President Hafez al-Assad, father of today’s Syrian president.

Nov 30, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ben Wedeman

The illusion of Assad’s grip on Syria shatters, as Russia, Iran and Hezbollah let their guard down“Our leader forever” was a slogan one often saw in Syria during the era of President Hafez al-Assad, father of today’s Syrian president. The prospect that the dour, stern Syrian leader would live forever was a source of dark humor for many of my Syrian friends when I lived and worked in Aleppo in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Hafez al-Assad died in June 2000. He wasn’t immortal after all.