Honours
Bashar al-Assad was awarded with various Syrian decorations. Some of them are:
- Order of Civil Merit (awarded for service to the state or to the Arab cause)
- Order of Bravery 1st Class (awarded for courage in action or more general services)
- Order of Devotion (awarded for acts of courage, for service on behalf of the nation or for at least five years of faithful service)
- Long and Exemplary Service Medal (awarded for 15 years service)
- Medal of Training (awarded to the commanders of units that have excelled in training)
- Revolution Medal of 8 March 1963
- Army Silver Jubilee Medal
- Order of Friendship and Cooperation
- Syrian Armed Forces Medal
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