Even before Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, created a dynasty that has endured since 1970, Syria was governed by a succession of tyrants.

即使是在巴沙尔 阿萨德及他的父亲哈菲兹 阿萨德1970年创建王朝之前，叙利亚不断由暴君统治着。

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Posters of Bashar al-Assad, who succeeded his father Hafez in 2000, are everywhere on Jabal Muhsin, while rebel Free Syrian Army flags outnumber Lebanese ones in the Sunni areas nearby.

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