How the Assad family built an empire of fear in Syria

A man walks on a poster of Bashar al-Assad, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in downtown Damascus, Syria December 10, 2024. Foto: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Article republished from Financial Times

Chloe Cornish in Dubai, Financial Times

12. dec. 2024 KL. 10.53

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Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country’s descent into kleptocracy

Børsens nyhedschef Louise Vogdrup-Schmidt anbefaler denne artikel fra Financial Times fordi:

Verdenshistorie blev skrevet sidste weekend, da Assad-familien forlod Syrien og billeder af den tidligere diktator er trampet under fode
Trods de senere års mange historier om et forfærdeligt regime, bliver man alligevel overrasket over summen af brutaliteten i landet. I denne artikel kortlægger Financial Times 50 år med rædsler

On Sunday morning, as gaunt detainees flooded out of Syrian regime prisons and jubilant Damascenes streamed into the presidential palace to root around among abandoned designer shopping bags, Bashar al-Assad was nowhere to be found.

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