Estimates for the number of people killed during the 1982 military offensive range ... they understood that Hama was a byword for massacre, and a warning that death or imprisonment were the ...

In a powerful act of solidarity and respect, the people of Hama, still haunted by the memories of the 1982 massacre honored him. They gifted him a golden sword, a symbol of bravery and defiance, ...

launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre. Between 10,000 to 40,000 people were killed or disappeared in the government attack on the central Syrian city. It began on Feb. 2, 1982 ...

Moral evangelists in power preaching about democracy and human rights resemble dowdy advocates of family values .

They also swooned at Hafez’s record (the Hama massacre of 1982 is skipped over), one that saw “improved living standards, especially among the rural population”. A convinced UK Prime ...

In 1982, he was accused of ordering murder, torture, unlawful detention, and other atrocities while commanding forces during the Hama massacre. His whereabouts are currently unknown, though he has ...

The massacre earned Rifaat the nickname the “Butcher of Hama” and he is the brother of Assad’s father, former president Hafez al-Assad. He is the brother of Assad’s father, former ...

A Lebanese security source said Saturday that Bashar al-Assad's uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, left the country via Beirut airport around a week ago, after rebels overthrew his nephew. Rifaat al-Assad ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

His part in the notorious Feb 1982 massacre in the western city of Hama, in which between 10,000 and 40,000 people were killed, earned him the nickname “the Butcher of Hama”. He was not wanted ...

The taking of Hama was particularly symbolic. Hama was the site of a brutal massacre in 1982, overseen by former president Hafez al-Assad, when Syrian forces killed between 10,000 and 40,000 ...