Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
's opponents.
Saudi-backed dissident Asaad Mustafa was appointed to his post in November as part of a plan by the opposition National Coalition to administer rebel-held areas of the war-torn country.
But the government-in-exile has been unable to control disparate rebel groups, which include foreign al-Qaeda krazed killers, and has received only marginal support from its Western backers.