Islamist uprising in Syria
The Islamist uprising in Syria were a series of revolts and armed insurgency by Sunni Islamists, mainly members of the Muslim Brotherhood from 1976 until 1982. The uprising was aimed against the autho...
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Jisr al-Shughour massacre (1980)
The Jisr al-Shughour massacre of 1980 occurred in Syria on 9 March 1980, when helicopter borne Syrian troops were sent into Jisr ash-Shugur, a town between Aleppo and Latakia, to quell demonstrators, ...
Siege of Hama (2011)
The Siege of Hama was among the nation-wide crackdowns by the Syrian government during the early stage of the Syrian civil war. Anti-government protests had been ongoing in the Syrian city of Hama sin...
Siege of Hama (2011) - Wikipedia
Ali Haydar
Ali Haydar (Arabic: علي حيدر‎), known as the "father of the Syrian Special Forces", was the commander of the Syrian Special Forces for 26 years and a close confidante to President Hafez al-A...
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Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda (Arabic: عبد الفتاح أبو غدة‎, 9 May 1917 – 16 February 1997) was a Syrian Muslim Brotherhood leader. He was born in 1917 in Aleppo. He was the third Supreme Guide of...
Issam al-Attar
Issam al-Attar (Arabic: عصام العطار‎) is a former Muslim Brotherhood leader in exile in Germany. He was born in 1927 in Syria. He was the second Supreme Guide of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhoo...
Ali Duba
Ali Douba (Arabic: علي دوبا‎) (b. 1933) is a former head of the Syrian military intelligence and was a close adviser to the Syrian president Hafez al-Assad. The military intelligence under D...
History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
The Muslim Brotherhood of Syria (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون في سوريا‎ Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimun fi Suriya) has been described as "a branch" of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, and as "very ...
Siege of Aleppo (1980)
37°09′48″E / 36.198133°N 37.16328°E / 36.198133; 37.16328The siege of Aleppo refers to several massacres, as part of a military operation conducted by forces of the Syrian gov...
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Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ الأسد‎ Ḥāfiẓ al-ʾAsad, [ˈħaːfezˤ elˈʔasad]; 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman, politician and general who was President of Syria from 1...
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Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
The Muslim Brotherhood of Syria (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون في سوريا‎ Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimun fi Suriya) has been described as "a branch" of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, and as "very ...
Islamic uprising in Syria
The Islamist uprising in Syria were a series of revolts and armed insurgency by Sunni Islamists, mainly members of the Muslim Brotherhood from 1976 until 1982. The uprising was aimed against the autho...
Aleppo Artillery School massacre
The Aleppo Artillery School massacre was a massacre of Syrian Army cadets by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was part of the Islamist uprising in Syria, 1976-1982.
The massacre occurred o...
Hama massacre
The Hama massacre (Arabic: مجزرة حماة‎) occurred in February 1982, when the Syrian Arab Army and the Defense Companies, under the orders of the country's then-dictator, Hafez al-Assad, besie...
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