He is the supreme commander of the army, the state, the police, the judiciary, and the economy.
Head of the Shura Council and the Council of Ministers.
Amir al-Mu’minin, Caliph of the Muslims, heir of the Umayyads, Pharaoh of the Levant, leader of al-Qaeda — the self-proclaimed “Most High.”
No decree is issued, no law enacted, no treaty signed, and not a single dollar spent without his knowledge. Every lever of power rests in his hands.
Yet the moment accountability arises — for massacres, child abductions, the torture of prisoners, and the plundering of “infidels” — he suddenly becomes innocent, ignorant, and helpless, a poor man “without power or will.”
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**He is also, naturally, the head of the national airline, the director of the Geological Authority, the chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, the head of the Economic Development Council, and the chairman of the Sovereign Fund.
(Via / Syrian Coast Observatory)
