Assad and Syria
from Witness History: Archive 2010 Hosted by BBC World Service
Hafez al Assad was the Syrian Defence Minister in the winter of 1970 when his struggle for power came to a head. His former friend, the hardline Baathist, Salah Jadid, was jailed for life.
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