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Why the rebel capture of Syria's Hama, a city with a dark history, matters
More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre. Between 10,000 to 40,000 people were killed or disappeared in the government ...
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Syrian army says it has withdrawn from the city of Hama after insurgents broke through its defenses
The Syrian army said it redeployed from Hama ... The city's name is known for the 1982 massacre of Hama, one of the most notorious in the modern Middle East, when security forces under Assad's ...
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Syrian rebels take control of Hama from Assad’s troops
An anti-government fighter remotely fires rockets against regime forces on the outskirts of Hama - Bakr Al Kassem/AFP via Getty Images Syrian rebels captured the key city of Hama on Thursday in a ...
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Why the rebel capture of Syria’s Hama, a city with a dark history, matters
More than four decades ago, Hafez Assad, then president of Syria, launched what came to be known as the Hama Massacre. Between 10,000 to 40,000 people were killed or disappeared in the government ...
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Why the rebel capture of Syria’s Hama, a city with a dark history, matters
Aron Lund, a longtime Syria expert at Century International, a New York-based think tank, said Hama has obvious symbolic value because of the history of the massacre. He described it as a “huge ...