On this same day in 1982, forces of the Syrian regime during the era of Hafiz al-Asad attacked the city of Hama, committing- within 27 days- one of the worst humanitarian terrors witnessed by Syria in the previous century, and in which approximately 30,000 people were killed according to estimations made by the Syrian Human […]
Rif’at al-Asad: War Criminal and Part of a Bloody System
Last month (August 2015), BBC Arabic aired an interview with Ribaal Rif’at al-Asad, who devoted the whole duration of the interview to negate his father’s responsibility to the crimes which took place in Syria during the eighties, as well as denying that his father and the Defence Brigades participated in the Hama massacre, and that […]
Accused of the Tadmur Massacre
According to the confessions made by some of the perpetrators of the Tadmur Massacre, and according to the political and military structures in the units which participated in the massacre, those accused of the massacre whose names have been known include: 1. Hafiz al-Assad (President at the time of the Massacre) 2. Rif’at al-Assad (Commander […]
The Hama Massacre marks its Thirty-Second Anniversary
Today marks the thirty-second anniversary of the Hama Massacre, which began on 2/2/1982 and lasted for 27 days, and in which approximately 30,000 were killed in addition to 15,000 that disappeared and have not been found since. Approximately 100,000 residents left the city after a third of the districts were completely destroyed, and other districts […]