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After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been toppled. Here’s what you need to know

CNN — The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But Syria’s rebels completed a speedy and stunning march to power on Sunday, starting an uncertain new era for the country. For half a century, the Assad family ruled over Syria with an iron fist, with long-documented reports of mass …

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Egypt Independent December 10, 2024

The troubled history of martial law, coups and toppled presidents many hoped South Korea had left behind

CNN — Last year, a blockbuster movie gripped South Korea with a dramatization of a painful memory from its authoritarian past, when the assassination of President Park Chung-hee in 1979 led to a military coup and plunged the country into the iron grip of martial law. So when South Koreans watched in shock and anger …

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Egypt Independent December 5, 2024