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Syrians Pose for Photos at Symbolic Attraction: a Toppled Statue of Hafez al-Assad
A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo ...
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In Assad's hometown, few shared in his family's fortune. They hope they won't share in his downfall
QARDAHA, Syria — On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad, vandals have sprayed variations of the phrase, “Damn your soul ...
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Syria: Toppled statue of Hafez al-Assad, symbol of his son Bashar's overthrow
The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun ...
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Syria’s once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad
As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both ...
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Inside the house of Assad
How did the Assads come to power? Hafez al-Assad was one of a generation of Arab strongmen – among them Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt – who came ...
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In Assad’s hometown, few shared in his family’s fortune. They hope they won’t share in his downfall
QARDAHA, Syria (AP) — On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad, vandals have sprayed variations of the phrase, “Damn your soul ...