From doctor to dictator - the rise and fall of Syria’s President Assad | BBC News

President Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, swept from power by rebel fighters, ends more than half a century of Syria’s rule by a family dynasty. When Bashar Assad became President following his father, he was hailed as a reformer and courted by western leaders. But mass protests in 2011 during the Arab Spring led to brutal repression and a civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and tore Syria apart. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Jeremy Bowen.Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #BBCNews