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Latest revision as of 01:38, 5 August 2012

Maher al-Assad is the head of the Syrian Republican Guard. He is the youngest son of the late president Hafez al-Assad and the brother of the current president Bashar Al-Assad. Maher is reported to have led the Fourth Armoured Division in repressing pro-democracy protests which began in the southern city of Deraa in March 2011.[1]

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  1. Bashar al-Assad's inner circle, BBC News, 30 July 2012.