Answer: assad
AnswerCrossword Clue
ASSADSyria's Bashar al-...
ASSADHe began his third presidential term in 2014
ASSADCivil war president
ASSADPresident who won 97.6% of the vote in 2007
ASSADMideast strongman
ASSADMideast political dynasty name
ASSADEither of two Syrian presidents
ASSADName of father-and-son world leaders
ASSADDamascus V.I.P.
ASSADLeader of a 1970 military coup
ASSADBashar al-... (Syrian president and uprising focus)
ASSAD1970 military coup leader
ASSADSyrian head of state
ASSADSyrian V.I.P.
ASSADDamascus strongman
ASSADSyrian head
ASSADSyrian President
ASSADSyria's President
ASSADTop Damascene
ASSADNo. 1 Damascene
ASSADSyria's Bashar
ASSADPutin ally
ASSADPutin ally in the Mideast
ASSADHead of a country in civil war
ASSADLeader called "a thug and a murderer" by Kerry in 2013
ASSADObama imposed sanctions on him in May 2011
ASSADEmbattled Syrian leader
ASSADEmbattled Syrian president
ASSADLeader born in Damascus
ASSADHis presidential palace is located on al-Rashid Street
ASSADHafez al-..., Syrian President
ASSADHafez al-..., Syrian president
ASSADDamascus notable
ASSADSyrias president
ASSADEqually melancholy
ASSADSyrian president, present and past
ASSADFirst name used to be Hafez; now it's Bashar
ASSADCongressman Rothman called him a "brutish thug"
ASSADSyria's president since 2000
ASSADSyria's Hafez al- --