In Hama, survivors of the Assad family’s first massacre can finally speak
Assad’s father brutally crushed an uprising in Hama, creating a blueprint for repression. Decades later, Syrians can now ...
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Baby photos, wedding pics & hot pants…inside monster Assad’s creepily normal family album abandoned at palace
The Assad regime ruled Syria for more than 50 years under Assad and his father Hafez - see the family tree below. This marked the conclusion of a regime notorious for its brutality, including ...
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Syria's Assad and his family are in Moscow after Russia granted them asylum, say Russian news agencies
plant trees in city of Draykish MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies ...
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Burning of a Christmas Tree in Syria Sets Off Protests
It was unclear why the tree was burned, and who was behind it ... the Alawite sect have also been attacked. Members of the Assad family are Alawites, and those in the sect were historically ...
Christians in Aleppo are celebrating Christmas – but fear for their future
As Syria marks the overthrow of the Assad regime, Bel Trew visits Aleppo, where Christian residents are are beset by uncertainty. She speaks to families worried about life under a new Islamist-led adm ...