Gone But Not Forgotten
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A statue of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad in academic mode, from the campus of Baath University in Homs. At one time ubiquitous, statues and pictures of the former president and his deceased son Basel are still quite common. Though images of Bashar al-Assad are seen in public, the government has largely abandoned the cult of personality approach and plays up more patriotic themes. |
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