Statistics for The Dictator Files: Bashar al-Assad

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  • This quiz has been taken 21 times
  • The average score is 9 of 20

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HintAnswer% Correct
Assad is the president of what country?Syria
94%
He's been president since what year?2000
83%
This didn't work for Assad, and instead allowed what group to form?ISIS
78%
During the Iraq War, Assad allied his country with whom?NATO
72%
This conflict started during what regional movement?Arab Spring
67%
Prior to entering politics, Assad studied to become a what?Doctor (Ophthalmologist)
67%
Who was president before him?Hafez al-Assad
61%
Although his military is currently fighting jihadists in Syria, Assad was accused of training what jihadist group to fight in the Iraq war?Al-Qaeda
56%
Assad is the Secretary-General of what party?Ba'ath
56%
In 2015, who announced his support for Assad in the war, thus changing the path of the war significantly?Vladimir Putin
56%
From 2013 to 2018, Assad used what against insurgents?Chemical Weapons
44%
Assad has been a focus of international attention since the start of what in 2011?Syrian Civil War
39%
What American extremist group has come out in support for Assad?KKK
33%
Assad belongs to what ethnic group?Alawite
28%
Assad tried to destroy insurgents "from the inside out" by releasing whom from prison, knowing that they'd join forces with the insurgents?Jihadists
22%
Throughout the war, Assad's military has used what weapon against insurgents in civilian areas?Barrel Bombs
17%
During the war, how many people are estimated to have been displaced?15 million
11%
Assad's secret police, loyal to his family specifically, are called what?Mukharabat
6%
Assad's wife is whom?Asma Akhras
0%
In 2005, Assad was charged with the assassination of what former Lebanese PM?Rafic Hariri
0%

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