The Familiar Yet 'Forgotten' Tragedy of Hama
Category: WORLDPOST
On February 2, 1982, Syrian troops -- acting under the orders of then-President Hafez al-Assad and led by his brother, Rifaat al-Assad -- besieged the city of Hama in an effort to quell an anti-government uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood.
By Maryam Saleh, ContributorSyrian-American writer based in Tampa, 2015-02-04