5 Key Things to Know About Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

President Obama has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside and allow Syria's future to be determined by its people. Obama said Assad's "calls for dialogue and reform have run hollow while he is imprisoning, torturing and slaughtering his own people." But who is the tall, blue-eyed ...

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