Then , last fall , after Syria 's ruler , Bashar al-Assad , ordered the Lebanese Parliament to amend the constitution to give his chosen president , Emile Lahoud , three more years , a resentful opposition united with a former prime minister , Rafik Hariri .
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Bashar al-Assad
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Syria
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