Mother to son: "If your father were still alive, we would not be in this mess." The father is Hafez al- Assad- the man who got away with the original Hama Massacre of 1982; and the son ...
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights and looked out over ...
The late Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father, became the most powerful Alawite ... like other Syrians - from poverty and repression under the rule of father and son. - Throughout their history, the ...
Journalists sometimes hear shocking statements—ones they lock away in their memory, fearing their repercussions. Some are too violent, too damaging, or too costly to repeat. Others risk swift denial ...
Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...
The answer he got was, “You expect me to defend this son of a bitch ... they had to chant their loyalty to Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, “our eternal leader.” ...
Clockwise Top L-R: Feras Fayyad; Citizens in Syria take down statues of Hafez al-Assad the father of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria on December 9, 2024, A torn portrait of Bashar al-Assad ...
Israel has never fully demarcated its borders with its neighbors. For half a century, Hafez al-Assad and his son, Bashar, ruled Syria ruthlessly, enduring wars, rebellions, and uprisings while ...