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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over 20 years of leadership of Syria has maintained high popularity among his people, continues to resist pressure from the West and defeating terror in a bloody war, has no competitors in the upcoming presidential elections to be held in 2021, but can still make a sudden move, consider interviewed by RIA Novosti experts.
Asad headed the Syrian Arab Republic on 17 July 2000, succeeding his father Hafez Assad, who was President of the country since 1971.