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BASHAR ASSAD, Syria's president, has made it a bit harder for men to kill their daughters and sisters for the sake of "honour" .

Pictures of the president, Bashar Assad, have been torn down and a plinth where a statue of his father, Hafez, once towers stands empty.

They cited Bashar's interview in late January of this year with the Wall Street Journal in which he hinted at gradual political reform.

"Bashar is a horse, " Mr. Farouh said, almost spitting with disgust as he said the president's name. "He is a donkey. "

How does Asma now look at the face of her husband Bashar without wanting to spit at it?

The town has been a scene of protests since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March.

This has in turn led to rumours that Bashar is being countermanded within the regime, possibly by his brother Maher.

Members of the security forces apparently scrawled "We will die for you, Bashar" in graffiti and locals rubbed it out.

So for now at least, Bashar appears to have opted for a crackdown over change.

Bashar, the president, swings between brutal crackdowns and vacuous concessions. That does not bode well for a dictator under pressure.

The military assault killed at least 35 people, dozens of them in Deraa, and sparked more condemnations of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Reports from Syria say at least 12 people have been killed in the latest protests calling for the removal of President Bashar al-Assad.

Kerry said the discussion will focus on how to get Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to accept the reality of his situation.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on anti-government protesters has been leavened with at least verbal concessions to reform.

If I were an Arab monarch or a dictator like Bashar Assad of Syria, I'd certainly wouldn't be happy about what I've been watching in Cairo.

Israeli officials claimed to see the hand of Iran or Syria's beleaguered president, Bashar Assad, in the Golan and Lebanon border incidents.

Assad's son, Bashar, who succeeded his father as Syria's president a decade ago, has yet to make his bones in such a way.

Indeed, in an effort to emulate neighbouring Turkey, President Bashar Assad's government has posed as a regional champion of moderate Islam.

Bashar Assad, Syria's dictator, appears to have been signalling lately that he is willing to hold peace talks with Israel.

Syria's president, Bashar Assad, he implied, could stop the violence with a click of his fingers.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad seems to have a knack for making enemies and losing friends.

The President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, has announced that long-standing emergency laws will be lifted in the next week.

Bashar is fighting a very different battle from his father's, even if the ground is familiar.

The President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, has signed decrees ending nearly 50 years of emergency rule.

The protests against Bashar al-Assad in Syria have made Israel's northern borders unpredictable as well.

After seven and a half months of protests, President Bashar Assad gave his first interview to an international media outlet.

Above, a Syrian boy rides a tank alongside others waving the national flag and a soldier holding a portrait of President Bashar al-Assad.

Remember, some entertained hopes that Bashar al-Assad, a UK-trained ophthalmologist, would transform Syria when he became president.

It was none other than Bashar's grandfather who petitioned France for an Alawi state during its mandate over Syria.

In Damascus, Bashar al-Assad's brutal repression of his citizens has simply put him beyond the pale.

A key advisor to President Bashar al-Assad was also killed in the port city of Tartous, in August, but no one claimed responsibility.

Two years later, Bashar al-Assad is still President, the fighting hasn't stopped.

"Dr. Bashar, " as he was widely known, liked to windsurf and play volleyball.

Bashar went off to become an eye doctor in London.

A month or so back it seemed too much to expect Syria's Bashar Assad to go, too.

All this has upped the ante for Syria's president, Bashar Assad.

The ratcheting up of external pressure, especially from its Arab counterparts, worries Bashar Assad's regime.

"They know that people did not elect Bashar al-Assad or the rest of his family, " says the Syrian political analyst.

A growing number of governments, including many in the region, have called on President Bashar Assad to make concessions.

ON THURSDAY afternoon, Syria's president, Bashar Assad, announced the formation of a new cabinet.

The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his government is in no danger of falling despite five months of street protests.

When Hafez Assad died after three decades as president of Syria, power passed smoothly to his son Bashar.

Bashar had two choices: he could choose reform, making concessions to co-opt the protesters, or he could choose physical repression.

Bashar al-Ageidi was elected in March and was part of the secular alliance headed by the former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.

Of all the Arab dictators, none has reacted to his people's call for freedom with more unbridled viciousness than Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

ANGER on the Syrian street is not just directed at President Bashar Assad and his regime. It is also being aimed at the opposition.

But the deaths of his father and brother thrust a young Bashar al-Assad into power.

As for Syria, the fighting goes on, with Bashar Assad showing little sign of relenting to pressure, from wherever it may come.

When Hafez Assad died in 2000, some analysts speculated that his successor, son Bashar, might rule the country with a "lighter touch. "

Liberals who hate the dictatorship of Bashar Assad in Syria fear that Islamists will emerge as the chief opposition to him.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah held talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in Beirut, Friday.

Still, Mr Jumblatt reconciled himself to Syria's then president, Hafez Assad, Bashar's father, for many years doing his bidding.

Syrian opposition groups ended a two-day meeting in Turkey on Thursday with the demand that President Bashar al-Assad step down.

Saad Hariri, Lebanon's prime minister, highlighted a rapprochement with Syria under President Bashar Assad.

In 2011, some Syrians were protesting their President Bashar al-Assad, they wanted him out of power.

The US government has been critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, and has called for his ouster.

He has planned meetings in Damascus Friday with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad as well as Hamas' top leader Khaled Meshaal.

Earlier, Syria's state television broadcast images of rallies supporting President Bashar al-Assad.

Bashar Assad, Syria's president, lifted the decades-old emergency law and promised to free political prisoners.

The leaders are thought to be Munzer and Fawwaz Assad, first cousins of President Bashar Assad.

Tang also reiterated President Jiang Zemin's invitation to President Bashar, which the latter accepted with pleasure.

Supporters of President Bashar Assad rallied in his favour in Damascus.

Friday's violence and protests marked a watershed for protesters and the regime of embattled president Bashar Assad.

The proposed changes risk breaking the social contract long upheld by President Bashar Assad's Baath party.

Iran stands isolated in the Islamic world in its support for President Bashar al-Assad.

The US embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus has been attacked by crowds loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Owen Bennett-Jones reports.

The statement said that the need for adequate Bashar time to implement large-scale social, political and economic reform projects.

I spoke to Bashar Assad, the president of Syria, this winter in Damascus.

President Bashar al-Assad inherited a functioning security apparatus.

Lakhdar Brahimi is expected to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the trip.

Speaking after Meshaal, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called on Arab states to cut all ties with Israel.

Syrians campaigning against President Bashar al-Assad say they've formed a single body to represent the opposition.

President Bashar Assad came to power in 2000 following the death of his father, Hafez.

But air power has remained a large advantage for President Bashar al-Assad, whose air force has pounded many cities and towns.

The trip looked at first to be a routine photo-op for Sadr and Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued a decree granting a general amnesty, state media say.

Syria has been rocked by more than a month of protests against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Another was more direct: "Bashar al-Assad, how do you feel today? "

Meanwhile, President Bashar al-Assad appointed a new defence minister.

Protests against President Bashar al-Assad have re-erupted across Syria.

His son Bashar is in many ways an accidental autocrat.

Can you use the example of Bashar al-Assad to help us understand more?

Demonstrators called for President Bashar al-Assad to resign.

More than 5, 000 Syrians have fled to Turkey in recent days, as Bashar Assad intensifies his bloody battle against protesters (see article).

In 1982 the forces of Bashar's father, Hafez Assad, shelled it mercilessly to wipe out an armed Islamist uprising.

That was President Obama on Monday talking about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Two weeks of unprecedented protests forced President Bashar Assad to face the nation today.

Syrian forces shot dead 16 people when they fired on protesters demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad.

Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and Syria's President Bashar Assad are both odious dictators.

They chanted slogans against the government and against President Bashar al-Assad.

People say they didn't initially want President Bashar al-Assad to go.

But Afghan analyst Farooq Bashar says right now, the government is negotiating from a position of weakness.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed his new Cabinet on Tuesday, and expressed the need to focus the government on the fighting.

The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad doesn't make threats lightly.

No, Bashar is being worked with right now.

IN THE past fortnight, Bashar Assad's regime has become both lonelier and bloodier.

After Bashar al-Assad, the deluge.

Little progress was made in the talks, which were brokered by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

You can consult with Bashar.

This is a lesson that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has learned well.

Q: How do you view Syrian President Bashar's recent national speech and the current situation in Syria?

Now, it is Syria's Bashar al-Assad's turn, though he's still clinging to power.

Bashar al-Assad visited Paris in 2008 and 2009: silence.

Pro-government troops fired on the protesters, many of whom had shouted "Gadhafi is gone; now it is your turn, Bashar! "

On Saturday, President Bashar al-Assad pledged to lift the country's long-standing emergency laws within a week;

Getting rid of Bashar Assad requires a united opposition, the creation of a safe haven and Western resolve

The West wants to bring Syria and its leader, Bashar Assad, in from the cold. They may play hard to get

President Bashar al-Assad is facing unprecedented domestic pressure amid a wave of dissent [AFP]

As protests spread, Bashar Assad faces opposition from within and without

The world should start preparing for what comes after Syria's President Bashar Assad

Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, on December 19, 2011. (Reuters) #

President Bashar Assad and the rebels are set to fight for Damascus

True, the senior figures around Bashar, such as his brother Maher and his brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, wield significant power;

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