Al-Assad (disambiguation)

The Al-Assad family is a Syrian political family that has ruled Syria from 1971 following a coup d'état until 2024 after being overthrown in an offensive.

al-Assad or Assad () 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

• 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
• Lake Assad, former name of Euphrates Lake, a reservoir on the Euphrates in Syria

Facilities and structures

• Bassel al-Assad Swimming Complex, former name of Anatolia 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)
• Asadullah (disambiguation)
• Assads (disambiguation)
• Lions in Islam
• Lion (disambiguation)
• Shir (disambiguation), a Persian term for 'Lion'