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On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad — whose son, Bashar Assad, was ousted two weeks ago — vandals have sprayed variations of the phrase, “Damn your soul, Hafez.” While the Assads lived in luxury, most residents of the ousted president's hometown of Qardaha survived on manual labor, low-level civil service jobs and farming to eke out a living. Many, like Assad, are members of the Alawite minority sect. They sent their sons to serve in Assad's army... Читать дальше...
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