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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

Hafez Assad

Rebel fighters stand next to the burning gravesite of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad at his mausoleum in the family's ancestral village of Qardaha in the western Latakia province on December 11, 2024, after it was stormed by opposition factions. (Aaref WATAD/AFP)
December 11, 2024, 5:34 pm
After fall of dynasty, tomb of Assad’s father set on fire in Syria hometown
Ordinary citizens wander through home of ousted president, loot luxury goods; Syrian refugees stream back home through Turkish border, hope for better life
By Agencies
Syrian anti-government fighters cheer as they ride a military vehicle through the streets of the west-central city of Hama on December 5, 2024. (Rami al Sayed/AFP)
December 6, 2024, 10:43 am
Reports: As Syrian rebels take Hama, Israel preparing for possible collapse of regime
Netanyahu holds security deliberations, with officials said to believe rebel advance poses ‘real threat’ to Assad’s rule
By ToI Staff
A UN peacekeeper from the UNDOF force stands guard on a watch tower at the Quneitra Crossing between Syria and Israel on the Golan Heights, March 8, 2013 (AP/Ariel Schalit)
June 26, 2023, 11:11 am
Dialogue of the deaf: Memos reveal vast gaps that sank ’90s Israel-Syria peace talks
Newly declassified reports by Israeli diplomat on negotiations show Damascus demanded commitment to full Israeli withdrawal from Golan, refused to promise diplomatic ties in return
By ToI Staff
Syria's President Hafez Assad with soldiers, 1973. (The Online Museum of Syrian History)
April 13, 2023, 10:52 pm
Looking back at half a century of iron-fisted Assad rule over Syria
As Arab nations appear poised to welcome Bashar Assad back into the fold, a timeline of his and his father’s decades of dictatorship
By AFP
File: A member of the Alawite community pasting on a wall in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli pictures of Syrian opposition leader Rifaat Assad (R) and his son Ribal, December 6, 2007. (Ramzi Haidar/AFP)
September 7, 2022, 11:11 pm
French court upholds Assad uncle’s conviction under ‘ill-gotten gains’ law
Rifaat Assad found guilty of conspiracy to launder public money, tax fraud; law may enable return of money to Syrian public
By Anne Lec'hvien
Joe Jajati in the al-Franj Synagogue in Damascus. (Courtesy)
December 3, 2021, 4:14 am
How did 12 Jewish New Yorkers end up vacationing in Syria?
Syrian Jews from Brooklyn visit synagogue in Damascus, call trip ‘extremely normal’; expert says Assad welcoming foreigners to boost reconstruction
By Luke Tress
In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 photo, Syrian soldiers who lost their legs while fighting in Syria's war, wheel past a poster showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, after a physical therapy session at the Ahmad Hamish Martyr hospital, in Damascus, Syria. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
November 12, 2020, 11:38 am
Ruined Syria marks 50 years under Assad family rule
Both have used brutal means to hold on to power, but much of what father Hafez built up has been torn down during civil war that failed to oust his son, Bashar, or change regime
By Zeina Karam
Top IDF officers look at a map during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. (Israel Defense Forces/Defense Ministry Archives)
September 24, 2020, 4:55 pm
Declassified: ‘Golden’ communique that could’ve averted Yom Kippur War disaster
Day before surprise attack, the IDF intel chief received a report Soviet nationals were fleeing the area ahead of an impending assault — and didn’t tell anyone for over 10 hours
By Judah Ari Gross
Syrian President Bashar Assad listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Putin has traveled to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad, a key Iranian ally. The rare visit Tuesday comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and the United States following the U.S. drone strike last week that killed a top Iranian general who led forces supporting Assad in Syria's civil war. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
July 29, 2020, 7:49 pm
US imposes sanctions on teenage son of Syrian leader Assad
18-year-old Hafez Assad, named after his grandfather, will not be allowed to travel or maintain assets in the United States
By AFP
An Israeli military outpost in the Golan Heights is pictured from the Syrian town of Quneitra on March 26, 2019. (Louai Beshara/AFP)
June 24, 2019, 1:06 pm
Hezbollah is now giving orders to Syria’s army – and using it to spy on Israel
In a reality once unthinkable, Assad’s troops along Golan border are heeding commanders of the Iran-backed terror group, and helping it prepare for conflict with the Jewish state
By Avi Issacharoff
Illustrative: Syrian troops flash the victory sign next to the Syrian flag in Tel al-Haara, the highest hill in the southwestern Daraa province, Syria, July 17, 2018. (SANA via AP)
March 11, 2019, 5:10 pm
Dozens protest after statue of Hafez Assad re-erected in Syria’s Daraa
Figure of dictator’s father was torn down by rebels early in civil war, but now his son, President Bashar Assad, has regained control of the territory
By AFP
Arouba Barakat, 60, and daughter Hala Barakat, 23, an American citizen, were found murdered in Istanbul, Turkey, on September 22, 2017.
September 23, 2017, 7:36 am
US condemns murders of Syrian opposition activist, American daughter
State Department says it will closely follow investigation into killings of Arouba and Hala Barakat, found stabbed to death in their Istanbul home
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mossad spy Eli Cohen, executed in Syria in 1965. (Israel GPO)
March 23, 2017, 2:02 pm
Russia asked Syrians to return famed Israeli spy‘s remains – report
Syrians still say they don‘t know where Eli Cohen is buried; Israeli PM, president have pressed Russian leaders to intervene
By Sue Surkes
Asma Assad, the wife of the Syrian president gesturing as she speaks during a meeting at the International Diplomatic Academy in Paris, December 10, 2010. (AFP/MIGUEL MEDINA)
October 18, 2016, 9:24 pm
Assad’s wife says she rejected offers to flee Syria
Asma Assad suggests assurances of safety for herself and her children were aimed at weakening her president husband
By AFP
The Assad family in a photo taken at un unknown date. Hafez Assad and his wife, Aniseh Makhlouf are seated in front. behind them, from left to right: Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd, and Bushra Assad. (Public Domain
February 6, 2016, 11:35 pm
Aniseh Assad, mother of Syria’s president, dies at 86
Regime statement claims wife of former ruler Hafez Assad died in Damascus, despite claims that she fled years ago
By ToI Staff
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