Biography hafez assad massacre de hama
In a three-week siege, Hama was razed and thousands died as Syrian security forces combed the rubble, killing surviving rebels.
The Hama massacre (Arabic: مجزرة حماة) occurred in February when the Syrian Arab Army and the Defense Companies paramilitary force, under the orders of..
Hama massacre
April massacre in Hama, Syria
Not to be confused with Hama massacre.
The Hama massacre was an incident in which over residents of Hama, Syria, were killed by government security forces.
Background
Further information: History of Syria §Syria under Hafez al-Assad (–), and Islamist uprising in Syria
From to , Islamists, including the Muslim Brotherhood, fought the Ba'ath Party-controlled government of Syria in what has been called a "long campaign of terror".[1] In July , the ratification of Law No.
49 made membership in the Muslim Brotherhood a capital offense.[2]Middle East Watch (part of Human Rights Watch) called the period between and "The Great Repression."[3] According to Middle East Watch,
Opposition exploded in the late s, touched off by Assad's military intervention in Lebanon in Public discontent fed on many grievances, rampant inflation, a housing crisis deepened by refugees from Lebanon, official corruption