Lesch charts assads turn toward repression and the inexorable steps toward the violence of 2011 and 2012. I love this book was very fair in the way they wrote about president assad. Siwar al assad has no experience in assessing or implementing counterterrorism efforts, said cds government relations chair muna jondy, he is a vocal supporter of the assad familys strategy to suppress the opposition and kill civilians, a strategy that all u. Published on jul 1, 2016 siwar alassad, vicepresident of the united national democratic alliance unda participates in a conference on immigration in london. In the last few years a number of important books dealing with the syrian tragedy have appeared. The flats were purchased by his father, and put into his name in 1987 when he was 15 years of age. Born in syria, he studied in switzerland and france, and gained a law degree at the pantheonsorbonne university. Each of the al assad s guest rooms has a private bathroom with free soaps. Activists say he stole money from syria while part of the countrys feared. Appreciated that it wasnt a negative propaganda tool to sway peoples minds.
Should you hang on and hope for the best, while secretly mourning your cooling heart. When syrian president bashar alassad came to power upon his fathers death in. A surreybased cousin of syrian dictator bashar al assad has been threatened with beheading by jihadists, it has emerged siwar al assad. Bashar alassads cousin threatened with beheading daily. Founder and chairman of the aramea fondation, siwar al assad is a syrian author born on april 29, 1975 in. The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation dr devra davis duration. His new book is called assad or we burn the country. While his first cousin was brutally suppressing a rebellion in syria, londonbased siwar alassad penned a romantic thriller. Siwar al assad is a writer and the author of three books. He is alleged by some sources to be the commanding officer responsible for the hama massacre of 1982. They were told that, as close relatives of bashar assad, g. This appointment by the syrian military is effective immediately, a source told al masdar news. Recently declassified material back his claims that his brother hafez.
Whos who in syrian president bashar al assads inner. The book recounts the causes of the syrian uprising, the regimes tactics to. A coeur perdu the lost heart, le temps dune saison time for a season, and autopsie dun demidieu autopsy of a demigod. Rifaat al assad, bashar alassads uncle, investigated in. The british government has refused to grant the uk citizenship to the wife and sons of rifaat assad, who is the uncle of the head of syrias regime, bashar assad, the daily mail has reported. These two books offer wildly contrasting portrayals of the regime of syrian president bashar alassad and the hugely destructive civil war that. View siwar alassads profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. List of companies where siwar al assad holds appointments. In 20, at the outset of the investigation in france, rifaat al assad s son siwar said his fathers fortune came from wealthy saudi backers.
Major general maher alassad named commander of syrian. How bashar alassad became a brutal dictator psychology. French police probing bashar al assad uncles wealth paris prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into the assets in france of rifaat al assad, the uncle of the syrian president. French police probing bashar alassad uncles wealth. Siwar is fluent in arabic, english, french and spanish. Rifaat assad, on trial for fraud, hospitalized in paris. Translated from french, siwar al assad s a coeur perdu guard thy heart is a romantic thriller about paul, a genteel united nations attorney. Siwar al assad was born in in syria and immigrated to europe at age nine, where he studied at the sorbonne in paris, as well as in switzerland and great britain. The writer, from syrias first family, is cousin to syrian president. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover siwar s connections and jobs at similar companies. Bashar alassads uncle sells sevenstorey paris mansion. Though he was thought to be part of an enlightened generation of arab leaders, bashar alassad has exercised tyranny in syria to sustain. In the late 1990s and the early years of the present century, mr al assad s brother, siwar, lent considerable sums of money to him which he then put into arab news network ltd. While president bashar al assad suppresses an uprising in syria, his first cousin has written a romantic thriller warmly praised by paris match which describes siwar al assad as a modest and.
A childhood friend of the syrian presidents, tlass had fled syria five years. Sam daghers assad or we burn the country describes a regime that will go. Assad or we burn the country how one familys lust for power destroyed syria by sam dagher bashar al assad assassinated. The following is a conversation with lesch about his book, and how he came to change his mind about bashar alassad.
Novels and short stories archives liberty publishing house. Founder and chairman of the aramea fondation, siwar al assad is a syrian author born on april 29, 1975 in damascus. They all reflect the gruesome nature of how bashar al assad and his family have clung to power as they have slowly destroyed their country by killing over 500,000 people and creating millions of. Rifaat assad, uncle of the syrian regime leader, has been hospitalized in paris while standing trial for money laundering, his son told afp tuesday. Someone is finally thinking on the right track, said the syrian, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. Dagher explains brutal syrian regimes in assad or we burn the. Bashar hafez alassad is a syrian politician who has been the president of syria since 17 july 2000. Bashar al assad was the second son of hafez and anisa al assad. It offers 6 luxuriously styled moroccan guest rooms with airconditioning. He then puts forward mr al assad s explanation for this. Effectively, maher al assad will share command with colonel ghayath galla in the syrian arab armys saa coming offensive in daraa city, already the target of massive bombing campaign from air and land due to his promotion, maher now outranks both suheil al hassan and issam zahreddine, arguably the most famous generals who are commanding two separate saa. A surreybased cousin of syrian dictator bashar al assad has been threatened with beheading by jihadists, it has emerged siwar al assad, who lives in an eightbedroom luxury home in leafy. Siwar alassad on immigration and refugees crisis in syria.
What separates this book from others on syria and the syrian uprising is the sense of immediacy that comes from dr leschs long acquaintanceship with bashar. Assad or we burn the country and millions of other books are available for. Ribal alassad was born in damascus, the th of 16 siblings. Jihadists threaten to behead assad s surrey cousin. What separates this book from others on syria and the syrian uprising is the sense of immediacy that comes from dr leschs long acquaintanceship with bashar al assad and regime insiders and the anger and sorrow he feels about their betrayal of syria. Pressure grows on britain to seize assad family assets. In addition, he is commanderinchief of the syrian armed. It tells the story of hafez alassad and his son bashar and their rule in syria. Here, we take a look at the key players in the syrian presidents inner circle. In spring 2011, syrian president bashar alassad turned to his friend and army. Sam daghers book assad or we burn the country is a vivid and at times. Siwar al assad profile free company director check. Bashar alassad born 11 september 1965 is the president of syria and the head of the baath party in syria.
Major general maher al assad has been officially named the commander of the syrian arab armys elite 4th mechanized division. He has authored several books and lives with his family in london. Assad has held these positions since the death of his father hafez al assad 19302000, who had ruled syria since 1971. Ribal alassad born 4 june 1975 is a syrian businessman and political activist. Siwar al assad, the son of president assad s uncle rifaat and nephew of former president hafez al assad, was scheduled to be part of the 82 nd capitol hill conference put on by the middle east. Bashar alassads brother promoted to major general for. Jihadists threaten to behead assads surrey cousin news. Or should you shake up your life in the hope of ending the spark of true love. His books include, of a lost heart time for a season and autopsy of a demigod. The youngest brother of hafez al assad, the syrian dictator who passed power on to bashar al assad, rifaat was vice president of the country in.
He has been in intensive care since last night monday at the american hospital in neuillysurseine west of paris, siwar al assad. Hafez was the president of syria for 3 decades and ruled severely and brutally. He is the founder and director of the organisation for democracy and freedom in syria odfs and the chairman and founder of the iman foundation early life and family. The author of three published novels, he is the chairman of the arab news network, the first arab satellite channel focused on middle eastern affairs, political news and analytical journalism. Initially, the book appears to be about his relationships with women. He was the father of former syrian president hafez al assad, and grandfather of current syrian president bashar al assad. Siwar alassad speaks about his familys legitimate wealth. In this timely book, the author explores assads failed leadership, his transformation from bearer of hope to reactionary tyrant, and his regimes violent response to the uprising of his people in the wake of the arab spring. The newest french nove l from acclaimed european author siwar alassa d now available to english readers for the first time. Translated from french, siwar al assads a coeur perdu guard thy heart is a romantic thriller about paul, a genteel united nations attorney. In daghers book, this is graphically described from grim personal.
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