Question: Which continent is the location, that appointed Bashar al-Assad to a governmental position, located at?
Answer(s):
answer: Asia

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ?c)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
?c ns:government.governmental_jurisdiction.governing_officials ?k .
?k ns:government.government_position_held.appointed_by ns:m.01_vwx . 
?c ns:base.locations.countries.continent ?x .
}