Alawi Islam and Bashar al-Assad

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Across
  1. 3. Bashar al-Assad was born in ________, Syria
  2. 4. A major policy of al-Assad's was economic ______________
  3. 5. Ran for president _________ in 2000
  4. 8. Studied ________ and was a doctor at a Damascus military hospital
  5. 9. Name of al-Assad's party
  6. 10. A sect of Shia Islam with an esoteric dimension, based in Syria
Down
  1. 1. Served as _________ for 24 years
  2. 2. ______ al-Assad was deposed in 2024
  3. 6. __________ after years of war in Syria
  4. 7. a ruler with total power over a country