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The fall of symbols: Toppling Hafez al-Assad’s largest statue in Syria
For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...
The New Yorker9d
A Witness in Assad’s Dungeons
A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...
Al-Monitor5d
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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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 ...
Hebdo Ahram28d
Why Al-Assad fell
However, these exceptional periods resulted from the temporary alliance between late president Hafez Al-Assad, the father of former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and the founder of the Al-Assad ...
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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 highway. Now, like that regime, it is toppled, and Syrians have been ...