Ravaged by civil war, Syria marks half a century of Assad rule #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

On Nov. 13, 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched a bloodless coup. It was the latest in a succession of military takeovers since independence from France in 1946, and there was no reason to think it would be the last.

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