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Aron Lund, a longtime Syria expert at Century International, a New York-based think tank, said Hama has obvious symbolic value because of the history of the massacre. He described it as a “huge event ...
News Syria » Hama » History: The History That Syria's New Leaders Will Need to Overcome
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News Syria » Hama » History: Syria’s Hama full of ‘hope, joy’ one year after al-Assad forces’ exit
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents of Hama gather to celebrate the first anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Hama, Syria, on December 5 ...
News Syria » Hama » History: Rifaat al-Assad, perpetrator of Syria's 1982 Hama massacre, dies at 88
Rifaat al-Assad, the younger brother of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and widely known as the “butcher of Hama,” has died at the age of 88. According to a Reuters report, Assad died in the ...
News Syria » Hama » History: 1982 Hama massacre looms over Syria revolt
BEIRUT (AP) – Thirty years ago Thursday, Syria’s regime launched a withering assault on the rebellious city of Hama, leveling entire neighborhoods and killing thousands in one of the most notorious ...
News Syria » Hama » History: Unlike 1982, Syria's Crackdown in Hama Will Be Documented
On Friday we highlighted footage of hundreds of thousands of people gathering in Hama, Syria's fourth-largest city, for the largest anti-government protest in Syria to date. The rally, which came ...
News Syria » Hama » History: Syrian insurgents capture central city of Hama in severe setback to the Syrian president
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian insurgents swept into the central city of Hama on Thursday and government forces withdrew, dealing another major blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad days after insurgents ...
News Syria » Hama » History: Syrian tanks move into center of Hama
Reporting from Beirut and Washington — The U.N. Security Council condemned the violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Syria on Wednesday as authorities intensified the assault on a city ...
News Syria » Hama » History: Syrian State News Depicts Hama as Ghost Town Under Regime Control
As Syrian security forces lay siege to Hama for a sixth straight day and thousands of demonstrators march across Syria in the first Friday protests of Ramadan, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency ...
News Syria » Hama » History: Syria's Rifaat al-Assad, the 'butcher of Hama', dies at 88
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of ...
News Syria » Hama » History: Syria's Rifaat al-Assad, the 'butcher of Hama', dies at 88
FILE PHOTO: Former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Al-Assad, disgraced younger brother of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, appears in an undated file photograph. REUTERS/File Photo — Reuters Photographer ...