Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad's fall from power led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Syrians, including those now residing in the Imam Ali Housing Compound in Lebanon. Many refugees are Shiite Muslims or Alawites who feared retaliation from Sunni Islamist rulers after his overthrow.

Bashar al-Assad, the ousted leader of Syria, ran a large-scale chemical weapons program that caused thousands of casualties. The current plan aims to destroy the remnants of his regime's clandestine program.

The toppling of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 severed Hezbollah's main supply route from Iran, significantly impacting its operational capabilities and adding to its pressures.

Bashar al-Assad is referenced as the ousted Syrian President under whose regime Adra Prison committed torture, further associating his rule with human rights violations.

Bashar al-Assad was the former Syrian President, ousted in December 2024. His rule is mentioned in the context of Lebanese believed to have been disappeared into Syrian prisons.