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2024-12-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

After entering Aleppo, Syrian insurgents advance to nearby province

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File under: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (al-Nusra)

#1 Turkey-Backed Jihadists Eye Hama Next After Capturing Central Aleppo, International Airport

Posted by Skidmark 2024-12-01 16:06|| 2024-12-01 16:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Wasn't there something called Hama-rules? What were those again?

Posted by alanc 2024-12-01 17:27|| 2024-12-01 17:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Hama Rules? From Wikipedia:

1982 Hama massacre

The Hama massacre occurred in February 1982 when the Syrian Arab Army and the Defense Companies paramilitary force, under orders of president Hafez al-Assad, besieged the town of Hama for 27 days in order to quell an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood against the Ba'athist government. The campaign that had begun in 1976 by Sunni Muslim groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, was brutally crushed in an anti-Sunni massacre at Hama, carried out by the Syrian Arab Army and Alawite militias under commanding General Rifaat al-Assad. Prior to the start of operations, Hafez al-Assad issued orders to seal off Hama from the outside world; effectively imposing a media blackout, total shut down of communications, electricity and food supplies to the city for months. Initial diplomatic reports from Western countries stated that 1,000 were killed. Subsequent estimates vary, with the lower estimates reporting at least 10,000 deaths, while others put the number at 20,000 or 40,000.

Final score: ~25,000[4]-40,000 civilians killed[a]
~15,000-17,000 civilians disappeared[5][7]
~100,000 civilians deported

And nearly 2/3rds of the city was smashed to rubble. Robert Fisk was there, and it made his reputation.

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