The Death of Bashar Al-Assad’s Mother
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CNN Arabic
On Saturday, Syrian state media reported that Bashar al-Assad's mother, Anisa Makhlouf, died at the age of 86. Anisa Makhlouf was married to the former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, with whom she had five children, including Bashar.
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- many roles
- أدوارا عديدة
- decision making positions
- مواقع القرار
- the elderly
- المسنين
- the historian
- المؤرِخ
- dealing harshly with
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- son(s)
- نَجْل ، انجال
- women's issues
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- to laugh
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