Assad Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/tag/assad/ My take on our world Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:34:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.heatherhastie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-tweetkiwi-512px-32x32.png Assad Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/tag/assad/ 32 32 Worry of the Week – 4 October 2015: Syria https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-4-october-2015-syria/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-4-october-2015-syria/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2015 00:34:34 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1484 In reality, Syria has been a worry for years. Bashar al-Assad took over the presidency, the role of commander-in-chief of the Syrian armed forces, and the leadership of the ruling Ba’ath party on his father’s death in 2000. For several reasons, including his British education and wife, there was hope he would be a reformer. […]

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