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My country and me, we are part of this region, we're not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me it should be as part, as a whole, as comprehensive. That's how we have to look at it.
Bashar al-Assad
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Bashar al-Assad
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: September 11
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