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'''Hafez Bashar al-Assad''' ({{lang-ar|حافظ بشار الأسد}}; born 4 December 2001) is the eldest son of [[Syria|Syrian]] president [[Bashar al-Assad]] and his wife [[Asma al-Assad]]. He has been considered as a potential successor to his father.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |title=Syria cracked down on Wagner after mutiny in Russia: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/7/syria-cracked-down-on-wagner-after-mutiny-in-russia-report
== Personal life ==
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Assad received media attention in 2013 when a [[Facebook]] account attributed to him posted a criticism of the U.S. military in the wake of the [[Ghouta chemical attack]].<ref name="auto3"/> However, both Syrian opposition figures and outside media sources questioned whether the since-deleted account was authentic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoax or not, 'Assad son' Facebook outburst brews media storm |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/media/2013/08/31/Was-Assad-s-son-the-author-of-an-anti-U-S-Facebook-outburst- |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Al Arabiya News |date=31 August 2013 |language=en |last1=El-Shenawi |first1=Eman }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Did Assad's Son Write a Facebook Post Daring Americans to Attack? |url=https://www.gawker.com/did-assads-son-write-a-facebook-post-daring-americans-1225087105 |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Gawker |date=29 August 2013 |language=en |last1=Berman |first1=Taylor }}</ref>
In 2020, Assad was placed under sanction by the U.S. [[Department of State]] in connection with previous sanctions targeting his father's regime.<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web |title=Syria Designations; Syria-related Designations and Designation Removal |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20200729 |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control |date=29 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=US imposes sanctions on son of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/29/us-imposes-sanctions-on-son-of-syrias-president-bashar-al-assad |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=The Guardian |date=29 July 2020 |language=en |last1=Wintour |first1=Patrick }}</ref> As a result, he is not allowed to travel to or own assets in the United States.<ref name="auto2" />
▲Assad has been considered as a potential successor to his father.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |title=Syria cracked down on Wagner after mutiny in Russia: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/7/syria-cracked-down-on-wagner-after-mutiny-in-russia-report |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-11 |title=Is the West Waiting for Hafez Bashar al-Assad to Become President? |url=https://syrianobserver.com/commentary/83949/is-the-west-waiting-for-hafez-bashar-al-assad-to-become-president.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=The Syrian Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-19 |title=Hafez, el hijo 'matemático' de Asad se prepara para reinar en la república siria |url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/casa-real/2020/02/19/5e4bd6fe21efa0ed558b461f.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=ELMUNDO |language=es}}</ref>
Assad is fluent in [[English language|English]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=No Rio, filho de ditador sírio compete na Olimpíada de Matemática |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/no-rio-filho-de-ditador-sirio-compete-na-olimpiada-de-matematica-21600696 |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=O Globo |date=17 July 2017 |language=pt}}</ref><ref name="auto10">{{Cite news |title=Verrechnet - der Sohn des Diktators bei der Mathe-Olympiade |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/verrechnet-der-sohn-des-diktators-bei-der-mathe-olympiade-3851872.html |access-date=17 July 2023 |website=Tagesspiegel |date=23 July 2017 |language=de |last1=Lichterbeck |first1=Philipp}}</ref> He also speaks [[Russian language|Russian]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assad’s children ‘learn languages, practise hobbies’ |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/1/25/assads-children-learn-languages-practise-hobbies |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>
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