Khalid ibn al-Walid

Assad, Bashar al- , ah SAHD, bah SHAHR uhl (1965-...), became president of Syria in July 2000. His name is also spelled Bashar al-Asad. He took… See more » Assad, Hafez al- ah SAHD, HAH fehz uhl (1930-2000), was president of Syria from 1971 until his death on June 10, 2000. A military leader, he seized… See more » Aflaq, Michel (1910-1989), was an Arab political thinker who cofounded the socialist Baath Party (also spelled Ba`th). It became the dominant… See more »