Yet for much of its 40 years under rule by the Assad family, until 2000 by the father, Hafez, and since then by his son Bashar, Syria has succeeded pretty well in escaping that choice.

然而，40年来在阿萨德家族的统治下(父亲Hafez统治到2000年，之后是儿子巴沙尔)叙利亚非常成功了逃脱了这一选择。

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And Mister Obama strongly condemned Syria's president,Bashar al-Assad.

VOA: special.2011.05.21

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is offering to mediate between the West and Iran and diplomatic initiative that could further help in Syria's own rapprochement with the U.S.and Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

"When you consider the situation of Bashar al-Assad, he himself is hunted down by a tribunal, now sitting in the Hague, investigating the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Mr Erdogan has taken to blaming the Syrian president, Bashar Assad, for the renewed violence.

ECONOMIST: Turkish politics

Syria's leader, Bashar Assad, may rather wait for a new American president before entering into direct negotiation.

ECONOMIST: Israel

Bashar Assad won 97.29% of the vote in a referendum that confirmed him as Syria 's new president.

ECONOMIST: At the summit