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Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with an iron fist for more than 50 years?
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN
(CNN) — Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lightning rebel advance signals an astonishing... [5503 chars]