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The Al-Assad family is a Syrian political family.

al-Assad or Assad (Arabic: الْأَسَد) may also refer to:

People

• Assad Assad (born 1944) Israeli Druze politician
• Members of the Syrian al-Assad family:
  • Hafez al-Assad, 20th century president of Syria
  • Bashar al-Assad, 21st century president of Syria
  • Maher al-Assad, Syrian general and commander of the Syrian Republican Guard
  • Rifaat al-Assad, Syrian major general
  • Jamil al-Assad, Syrian Parliament member
  • Bassel al-Assad

Places

• Lake Assad, a reservoir on the Euphrates in Syria
• Al Asad Airbase (IATA airport code: IQA; ICAO airport code: ORAA), Al-Anbar Province, Iraq
• Bassel Al-Assad International Airport, former name of Latakia International Airport, Syria

Facilities and structures

• Bassel al-Assad Swimming Complex, in Aleppo, Syria

Other uses

• ASAD syndrome (Adult Separation Anxiety Disorder)
• Asad (film), 2011 film nominated for 2012 Oscars, directed by Bryan Buckley
• Assad-class corvette, an Italian-built Iraqi naval ship class

See also

• Asad (disambiguation)
• Assadism, the political philosophy of the Syrian Ba'athist Party
• President Assad (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing asad
• All pages with titles containing assad
• All pages with titles beginning with Asad
• All pages with titles beginning with Assad
• Asadullah (disambiguation)
• Assads (disambiguation)
• Lions in Islam
• Lion (disambiguation)
• Shir (disambiguation), a Persian term for 'Lion'

• Disambiguation pages