A leader with this surname redirected a river to create the "dam of the revolution" usually now called the Tabqa dam.
A leader with this surname redirected a river to create the "dam of the revolution" usually now called the Tabqa dam. Two brothers with this surname responded to a failed military intervention by launching the Corrective Revolution, which ousted Salah Jadid. A man with this surname established the shabiha militia. A leader of this surname tried Michel Aflaq for treason in absentia; later, in 1982, he carried out a brutal siege of (*) Hama to exterminate the Muslim Brotherhood. A leader with this surname is domestically supported by Christians and Alawite religious minorities. Barack Obama drew a "red line" threatening intervention if that leader, who is backed by Iran and Russia, used chemical weapons. For 10 points, give this surname of brutal Syrian leaders Hafez and Bashar.
A leader with this surname redirected a river to create the "dam of the revolution" usually now called the Tabqa dam.
al-Assad 