Assad family

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Syrian political dynasty political family

The Assad family is a powerful Syrian political dynasty that has ruled the country for decades, most prominently through the presidencies of Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar al-Assad.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
al-Assad family 3
Syrian presidential family 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Syrian political dynasty ⓘ
political family ⓘ
accusedOf human rights abuses ⓘ
repression of political dissent ⓘ
alliedWith Hezbollah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Corrective Movement (1970 Syrian coup) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hama massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameToPowerIn 1970 ⓘ
controlsOffice Presidency of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian armed forces leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicInfluence control over key sectors of Syrian economy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Alawites NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyBranch Makhlouf family (maternal relatives) NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingFigure Hafez al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingStyle authoritarian ⓘ
personalist rule ⓘ
hasHeirApparent Bashar al-Assad (after 1994) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bassel al-Assad (until 1994) ⓘ
maintainsControlThrough Ba'ath Party structures ⓘ
patronage networks ⓘ
security apparatus ⓘ
militaryWingInfluence Republican Guard of Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember Anisa Makhlouf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asma al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bashar al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bassel al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bushra al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hafez al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maher al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rifaat al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableResidence Presidential Palace in Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Muslim Brotherhood in Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian opposition NERFINISHED ⓘ
various Western governments ⓘ
politicalIdeology Arab nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ba'athism NERFINISHED ⓘ
state socialism ⓘ
politicalPartyAffiliation Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerBase Ba'ath Party apparatus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian military NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian security services NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousBackground Alawite Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
seatOfPower Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityFigure Maher al-Assad NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anisa Makhlouf → memberOf → Assad family ⓘ
Syrian security and intelligence apparatus → loyalTo → Assad family ⓘ
Bassel al-Assad → partOf → Assad family ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Assad family
Qardaha → isAncestralHomeOf → Assad family ⓘ
Bushra al-Assad → memberOfPoliticalFamily → Assad family ⓘ
Majd al-Assad → memberOf → Assad family ⓘ
Majd al-Assad → notableFamily → Assad family ⓘ
al-Assad → notableFamily → Assad family ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Assad family
Hafez Bashar al-Assad → memberOf → Assad family ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Assad family
Zeina Bashar al-Assad → notable family → Assad family ⓘ
Zeina Bashar al-Assad → dynasty → Assad family ⓘ
Karim Bashar al-Assad → memberOf → Assad family ⓘ
Karim Bashar al-Assad → partOf → Assad family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian presidential family