President Bashar Al-Assad

At first I was amazed by the sheer number of images of President Bashar Al-Assad posted all over Syria...	...but I was told they were mostly for the 27 May 2007 referendum on a second 7-year term in office	The referendum theme, "We Love You" in Syrian dialect	A giant billboard of Bashar greets visitors to the famous Hamidiya Souq in the Old City of Damascus
Large banners such as this, which says "Bashar al-Assad" in the large script, were hung in many areas of Damascus	For the benefit of foreigners, banners in the Hamidiye Souq came with English translations on the back	Another English translation of a Bashar referendum banner, Hamidiye Souq	Bashar Al-Assad referendum banner in front of the Hijaz Railway Station, Damascus
"We are renewing the deal [term] for the civilized President, Dr. Bashar al-Asad"	The Syrian Ministry of the Interior reported that President Bashar al-Assad received a respectable 97.6% of the vote	Turnout was impressive with more than 95% of eligible voters turning out for the referendum on a new 7-year term	Photos of Bashar's father, former President Hafez al-Assad, can also be found
Portrait of Bashar al-Assad at the National Museum	Window decal with the text Syrian Arab Republic	Bashar with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and Hezbollah's Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah	Syrian General Establishment of Post, Damascus
Bashar welcomes me to Hamah	Bashar Hafez al-Assad, Aleppo	Bashar Welcomes me to Aleppo (Haleb)	General Association of Labor Unions / Labor Union of the Province of Aleppo / Cultivation Worker's Union
Bashar al-Assad and his predecessor Hafez al-Assad	Bashar in Aleppo	Bashar in Aleppo	The day I passed through the coastal city of Tartous, a Bashar pre-referendum celebration was happening
Palestinian and Syrian flags, Tartous	"From the heart, yes to the people's darling"	We Love Bashar Rally, Tartous	Kids were really getting into the Bashar spirit all over Tartous
Boy with a Bashar poster, Tartous	I don't know why, but some little 12 year old future-gestapo colonel decided I shouldn't take photos here and tried to block me	Welcome to Palmyra billboard	Bashar welcomes you to Palmyra