In 1973, Hafez Al-Assad was the president of Syria. Between that year and 1982, the regime conducted a systematic terror campaign against the opposition, which culminated with the slaughter of up to 40,000 people after the rebellion of the city of Hama. Al-Assad remained in power until 2000, when he was succeeded by his son, Bashar , the current Syrian leader. During all those years, outrage and international criticism of the regime always ended in many words and little action.

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