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Bashar Al-Assad; the Rise and Fall of a Tyrant
Assad, the ophthalmologist-turned-dictator who ruled Syria with an iron fist. This video examines his early promises of reform, the brutal suppression of dissent during the Damascus Spring, and his ...
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Syrians sing songs of victory, revolution a month after Assad’s overthrow
also marked a month since a lightning insurgency toppled former President Bashar al-Assad. Revolutionary songs like those by Maasarani and Abdelbasset Sarout – a Syrian singer and activist who ...
The death and resurrection of Syria's 'Nightingale of the Revolution'
At the start of the 2011 revolution, Abdul Rahman Farhoud gained popularity by boldly singing songs that mocked the al-Assad ...