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40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre
Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one ...
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What Follows Dictatorship? Syria Can Find Useful Clues From The Past — And Present
Supporters of the Assad regime rallied around the slogan "Assad forever." But we have now seen what happens the day after ...
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Opinion - Lessons from Syria’s volatile past for its uncertain future
In 1970, Hafez al-Assad took power in Syria after a coup he dubbed the “Corrective Movement.” This was after years of intense conflict within the Baath Party, beginning with the 1961 coup ending Syria ...
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Syria: Toppled statue of Hafez al-Assad, symbol of his son Bashar's overthrow
Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria - January 14, 2025 The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun remains a symbol of ...
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Supporters of ousted dictator Bashar Al-Assad flee Syria
For more than a decade, some 6 million Syrians fled the Assad regime for other countries. Now, the opposite is happening. With the fall of that dictatorship last December, a new kind of refugee is ...