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In terms of their leadership in syria. but by 1970 in syria, they had their leader for life. his name was al assad. hafez al assad. h-a-f-e-z. he took over in 1970 and he never gave up power. in iraq saddam ruled for a long time, 24 years. saddam's rule in iraq only ended when the united states military invaded iraq and overthrew him and the occupy iraq government overthrew him. next door, hafez al assad held on until he died on his own terms. he had a heart attack in the summer of 2000. syria technically is not supposed to be a kingdom, so they did hold an election to pick a successor to hafe...