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1982 Hama massacre

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Hama · Syria

Estimated casualties

5.0K – 40Kestimated dead

Estimates range from 5,000 to 40,000 killed, including about 1,000 soldiers.

SOURCEscholarly

A 27-day siege and assault on the Syrian city of Hama in February 1982 by Hafez al-Assad's army and Defense Companies to crush a Muslim Brotherhood uprising. Casualty estimates range from 5,000 to 40,000, making it one of the deadliest single acts of state violence in modern Middle Eastern history.

Belligerents2

Syrian government (Hafez al-Assad)
Muslim Brotherhood insurgents

Sources

Wikipedia: 1982 Hama massacre
UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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