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People do not only live on interests they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological aspect of the region, you cannot understand what is happening.
Bashar al-Assad
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Bashar al-Assad
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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