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unusual facts about President of Syria


Chapter 2 of the Syrian Constitution

The constitution stipulates that the President of the Republic is the head of the state, the chief executive officer of the executive authority and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.


Tadmor Prison

During the 1980s Tadmor prison housed thousands of Syrian prisoners, both political and criminal and it was also the scene of the June 27, 1980 Tadmor Prison massacre of prisoners by Rifaat al-Assad, the day after the Syrian branch of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood failed in an attempt to assassinate his brother, president Hafez al-Assad.


see also

Haddam

Abdul Halim Khaddam, former foreign minister, vice president and for a few days interim president of Syria