https://www.dailywire.com/news/syrian-dictator-bashar-al-assad-no-evidence-that-six-million-jews-were-killed-in-holocaust
Dr. Assad is a licensed medical doctor and the recipient of the Grand Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour from France, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise from Ukraine, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I, Order of Zayed, Order of the White Rose of Finland, Order of King Abdulaziz, Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Collar of the Order of the Liberator, Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross, Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar, Order of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Uatsamonga Order
so he is obviously a very learned and respected man.