How The Al-Assad Family Came To Dominate Syria | Syria Documentary

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In the euphoric aftermath of gaining independence, most Arab countries experienced extreme political turbulence. Many states struggled to navigate a period that was defined by dynamic ideological pursuits; the most prominent of which was Arab nationalism. Syria, a key centre of pan-Arab ideas, embodied the political instability of the period; having to contend with a new belligerent neighbour in the shape of Israel and the rise of an increasingly assertive Ba’athist Party. The country went through countless changes in government until power was centralised in the hands of the military strongman Hafez al-Assad in 1970. Ever since then, the country has been ruled by his family.
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0:00 Intro
1:07 Sponsor
2:08 Post-WWII Syria
5:21 Merger with Egypt
7:02 Rise of Ba'athists
9:29 Hafez al-Assad

[@HikmaHistory]

Can you see the Al-Assad being toppled from power anytime soon? And if so, how? Making of the Modern Middle East Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLiPhmAD3I2JxEOPIea4qqAwOdn3axtWRf

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

He may not get toppled but he will have to stand before God and pay for his crimes in the afterlife.

[@zxera9702]

Arabs talking about Saddam"based..Arab hero...may Allah bless him" Arabs talking about Assad "EVILL...MAY ALLAH CURSE HIM..MONSTER"

[@McVaySwifty]

With a weakened Russia it becomes more likely

[@mustafarahi8670]

No you can’t Mossad the Assad

[@aseemawad4294]

It is deeply disappointing to hear American talking points from this channel. "Dissent", "Rising against Dictators" ends with destruction of state. The most important thing is a functional state apparatus. Don't buy the nonsense NATO is selling.

[@laylaali5977]

I visited Syria couple of years before the civil war it was a beautiful and modern country it’s sad what happened to them

[@HikmaHistory]

Growing up, it was always on my bucket list. Really sad to see the state it's in now.

[@musamusashi]

Was not a civil war: was an attempt to overthrow a legitimate government with overwhelming popular support by foreign powers.

[@MBHpowers]

fully agree brother though I have not visted

[@mustafaalawad8348]

😔

[@thedog4499]

I am jealous of you seeing Syria back then.

[@Cheers358]

In short: coup, dictatorship, coup, dictatorship, coup, dictatorship all the time

[@russkayaimperiya4918]

Aka all of the Middle East and Africa

[@Subfightr]

@@russkayaimperiya4918 and anywhere almost anywhere American wants to install a more "US friendly" puppet of sorts.

[@russkayaimperiya4918]

@@Subfightr I’m Russian, i hate America more then most people in this world. By America i mean government, American people are irrelevant to me as they live a continent away. )

[@skeetrix5577]

thanks! now I don't have to watch the video now lol

[@bananabana6630]

Exactly. Anyone that doesn’t want absolute power and wants to be fair willingness to share the wealth with the people gets ASSASSINATED. It’s ironic that Great Britain ,France,Spain and the United States are always meddling with other nations 😢

[@k_al]

Hi there! Loved the video, and as a Syrian myself I really enjoyed getting to know more about my country’s history without having that “ick” factor when the video presenter shows an overly biased tone and/or content, yours was very reasonable and I enjoyed it, however, I think the end of the video felt a little bit abrupt, and I would’ve loved to hear more about the present day or after effect that the Assad family has had on Syria and Syrian politics, maybe diving into how the Arab spring has launched an opposition unlike any other that the family has had to deal with and now it stands of a very intricate line of maintains foreign support from Iran and Russia and pleasing certain communities within Syria to retain control. Other than that I think you presented your information well and the script was nice!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks Kal! I would've liked to take Hafez's reign to the end but this vid is part of a wider series about the Middle East in the years 1939 to 1979ish so I was kinda compelled to end it there or thereabout.

[@Hayanomie]

The family hindered the opposition unlike any other by imprisoning thought leaders of the revolution while releasing islamist maniacs and letting them roam free.

[@Hayanomie]

Yassin Al Hajj Saleh, Syrian dissident communist imprisoned almost 20 years. Zahran Alloush, leader of Jaysh Al Islam released within 2 yrs.

[@robertmitchell8630]

The entire Islamic world would always be ruled by brute tyrants after all You can't question Allah???? You a slave to Allah? Sounds like the perfect religion to support tyranny

[@donHooligan]

@@Hayanomie far right zionists are making their move in USA. i am so glad you are alive and "free." (ish)

[@chris.fyourman2648]

Thanks for this. We live in a complex world and your informative and accessible channel are important.

[@taccus3990]

I've written my Master's Degree thesis on the topic and now you release the video, what a timing

[@HikmaHistory]

That's awesome!

[@peakedteaviews6927]

@Taccus - can you send me the thesis?

[@taccus3990]

@@peakedteaviews6927 I could certainly send it to you, but the problem is that it's written in italian.

[@peakedteaviews6927]

@@taccus3990 bigger problem - cant read Italian! I appreciate the reply tho friend thanks regardless

[@taccus3990]

@@peakedteaviews6927 no problem at all my friend. If I should ever translate it into english I would surely send it to you

[@eyesoftomorrows]

I love the explanation about the family’s rise to power! I come from Lebanon, and my family was deeply involved within Lebanese politics. My grandfather knew Hafez Al-Assad, driving through checkpoints and was allowed through the military checkpoint due to how important he was. It was only recently when he started speaking about this, and he even has some photos with him meeting Hafez and other Lebanese politicians. Though I would like a better description about why the Cedar revolution started against Syria in the end of the video, other then that very well done!

[@HikmaHistory]

Great to hear you enjoyed the video and thank you for sharing!

[@aal-mouradi5642]

Likewise with my granpa, who was involved with hafez and then got jailed for 2 years and a saudi king bailed my grandpa out. Still we own so many properties in Syria today..most important thing is the Assad family are straight monsters and are inhumane. Nothing to be proud of when being associated with these dictators.

[@tbn1996]

At the end of the day he couldnt control the sunni majority and labeled everyone that was against him as a terrorist! Syria is full of prisons and torture camps!

[@rdreidmehrabi]

Great work! thank you for producing these high-quality videos on this often mis-understood region

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks Rene!

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

Syria will emerge from its conflict Love from Serbia 🇷🇸🇸🇾🇷🇸🇸🇾

[@fuliyaa]

Like cuckoslavia

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

@@fuliyaa ?

[@HappyHappySY]

Hvala Kako si We still have Serbian embassador here greetings from Aleppo This video is mostly western propganda

[@DirtySanchez943]

Servia is about to fall apart soon as well lol Sore losers.

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

@@DirtySanchez943 ?

[@MontecristotoValjean]

really enjoyed this. It's important people know about the (complex) history of the Middle Eastern world

[@waheed4648]

As always so excited to watch your videos thanks

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad you like them!

[@raffles7556]

Very informative, thank you

[@Aristotle675]

Incredible content. Very professional

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you Tyler, I appreciate you saying that!

[@williamwaite3989]

Only just came across this channel, but I’m very impressed! Great content!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thank you William!

[@MrHatski]

I like your channel mate, I do; but in this one you still haven't explained how the Assad's really maintained power, or how he managed to orchestrate a dynastic transfer to his son. Unless you've done that on another episode??

[@donHooligan]

he needs to go back further....to when Zionist Terrorists STOLE Palestinian Syria, and claimed they were actually the good guys....committing war crimes and human rights violations...cuz the Bible.

[@hi._.golgo137]

Yeah this video felt uncomplete

[@andrewworley4401]

Thanks for the video, love Syria.

[@Sunsrise7]

Thanks for sharing

[@JokeShinet]

I also think Syria also became a close ally of USSR and Iran which helped them survived to this day

[@matty6848]

Syria is practically a Iranian vassal state. It receives massive funding and military support from Iran. If Iran fell as a nation, Syria would also fall.

[@JokeShinet]

@@matty6848 what about Russia?

[@johnxina5126]

@@JokeShinet well Russia is right now involved in Ukraine and so is the West. I think right now the geopolitics of West Asia are more of Iran vs Turkey in Syria and Iran vs Saudi in Yemen. Both Russians snd Americans seem to have completely shiftes all focus to Ukraien and East Europe. Right now Iran is definitely Assad's most important ally

[@jed8592]

Wrote a paper in Freshman year about 20th century Syrian Jewish migration and Assad had a big role to play in the 70s. Interestingly video!

[@Mr.Septon]

Oh I can finally download the game, nice!

[@rampage241]

Great video!!

[@MacrobianNomad]

I thought Hashim al-Atassi three terms (dispersedly from '36 to '55) deserved a mention as it brought stability and advancement of the Syrian nationalism identity at different times as well as warning of Baathist, Soviet allied socialist and Egyptian domination of Syria and Syrians. [Edit] Great video and amazing work, just subscribed to your channel. Time to marathon this series, thank you very much.

[@suleyman8696]

Al Shishakli effectively ruled Syria from 1949 to 1954 Dude. Atassi ruled it from 1936-1943

[@MacrobianNomad]

And who came back to power in Feb ‘54 when al-Shishakli was overthrown?! There’s a key word there, “dispersedly”. !على الأقل حاول تقرا اللي كتبته قبل ما ترد

[@christianehmling5080]

I just discovered your channel, love it fam!

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks Christian!

[@waheed4648]

Love this channel best history channel

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks Waheed!

[@waheed4648]

@@HikmaHistory zwand Zwand Zwand urura

[@darrenpalmer4847]

Good stuff!

[@blueink1351]

What would be most relevant, is to explain how the minority of the Alawi ended up to lead Syria. In the beginning of the 20e century, the Syrian bourgeoisie was made of Arab Sunni and when modern army needed soldiers, Arab Sunni were reluctant to join. Those who join the army were those that belongs to the lowest social class of the population: The Alawi. They used to hold the lowest jobs, and were marginalised in the Syrian society. Slowly, they became the majority, within the army, and through "Coup d'Etat", then ended up at the head of the country, and here comes the Assad family. In that sense, Syria is the only Arab countries led by a religious minority. In fact, the rising Arab nationalist movement has strongly contributed to minimise this aspect of "religious minority". Hence, among the most activists within the Arab nationalism movement, are people coming from religious minorities, as the development of this ideology, which was competing with the islamism movement, allow them to be more integrated in the society. The collapse of the Arab nationalism and the return of political islam in the regional scene constitute a slow shift towards a new era that did not appear yet.

[@mikenogozones]

you are 100% correct, I actually did some filming in Syria, feel free to check out my Syria episodes on my channel

[@FreeFilastin]

Just wrong

[@Noxcho-li8pn]

Cristians are minority in Lebanon but the president is Cristian

[@bongoman9578]

@@Noxcho-li8pn the president is always Christian in Lebanon. That is how it works. The president is Christian, the prime minister is Sunni and the speaker is shia

[@bakti4371]

Bahrain majority Syiah but lead by sunni..

[@enesamederel]

It's so heartbreaking to see that all the me countries are doomed from the start. Living in a country which its borders are set and drawn by foreigners and naming by them as a nation... Geez I felt lucky to be where I am

[@christophermarkee5445]

Better them than us We rise they fall let the chips fall where they may.

[@principal_optimism]

Just redraw the maps if they're so devastating. This old boohoo excuse about how the Europeans didn't draw the maps properly is stupid. There have been many years of independence and it only takes a few years to redraw them. If it really mattered, it would have been done.

[@Fyrdman]

@@principal_optimism The thing about these people, they will never shoulder any burden themselves. Arabs fight and kill each other over sectarian reasons, and if not that, tribal and clan reasons. If we drew the maps based on religion, we would have been accused of causing division. If we created on Arab state (something seriously considered under Pykes and Pycot) they still would have complained.

[@principal_optimism]

@@Fyrdman Yeah and they pretend like whatever borders existed before were somehow better or that their politicians would have done any better than the British. It's such a tired cliché at this point that we see the redrawing of their maps as almost a meme because of the various reactions to the positions of each line. While I kind of agree with you, I actually think it's naïve Westerners who buy into the narrative the most. White guilt or whatever you call it leads to some of the most unhinged behaviour.

[@enesamederel]

@@principal_optimism i think they're lack of political conciousness at the social level and having a longer state-run tradition unlike Turks and Persians. They always been ruled by non-arab powers coming from out of the region. They do not have experience the "self-rule" sufficiently. And maybe because of they did not war each other internally as europeans did to coming together and discuss and solve their problems eventually.

[@arsenalboy4ever]

Great video, thankyou

[@HikmaHistory]

My pleasure

[@garybrockwell2031]

Thank you, 👍🇬🇧💯🙏😇😢

[@ABB-bw6tc]

Damascus was actually beautiful

[@voyahcci]

cool video . Do you find it feasible in the future to make a video about Afghan civil war in the 90s? It is hard to get a good info about it anywhere

[@HikmaHistory]

Honestly I used to be super against it cuz it was so recent but I've warmed up to the idea. So perhaps in the future...

[@voyahcci]

@@HikmaHistory I hope you’ll make it sooner rather than later then

[@amirmohammadsadraie9545]

Interesting inside of Syria

[@Bigbudda12]

One to change that!

[@andreasgeorgopoulos3878]

So sad all the instability that has gone on in the region for decades specially Lebanon and more so Syria the last 10 years… Syria is basically destroyed. When I was back home In greece there was so many Syrian refugees I could hear Arabic spoken on the street in patra where I’m from almost as much as Greek … it was hard to watch because Greece has been economically devastated and destroyed since 2008 or maybe earlier so the country was not and is still not in the position to help these poor people greece couldn’t even help their own nationals for the longest…. And based off what my family tells me back home it’s gotten worse since Covid … I hope and pray the suffering people of the world find peace , happiness and prosperity god willing. 🙏🏼

[@IanJohnGonzales]

Its just greedy people wanting more control,wealth and power.

[@joelmalone7922]

I love Hikma History! Your channel is educational and incredibly entertaining at the same time, whereas many sacrifice one for the other. Ever since I came across your Afghanistan history shows I've been a subscriber.

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks for the support Joel!

[@crappychannel643]

Very cool

[@lopamudraray4571]

Waiting for next episode on Syria

[@DanielGalimidi]

That's it? Nothing to say about Bashar Al-Assad gaining power after his father Hafez died? Nothing about the civil war?

[@DanielGalimidi]

@@Radknafeh I don't know how much this is sectarian propaganda channel or not. This is the first video I've seen and I haven't noticed any bias yet. But for a video that purports to be a documentary on how the Al-Assad family came to dominate Syria, there's a huge chunk missing.

[@allahstan4171]

Why it would be there?

[@DanielGalimidi]

@@allahstan4171 Because this video lays out how Hafez Al-Assad came to power and goes into some parts of the history of Syria. But it says nothing about his son, nothing about how being president of Syria became a hereditary position, and nothing about how even a civil war that's been going on for over a decade has managed to challenge their dominance.

[@KyleHUNK]

@@DanielGalimidi He also missed out the inspired by european fascism conveniently, assad is a fascist. Or how his father planned an ethnic cleansing of Jewish people in Israel resulting in the Six Days War that started the occupation of Palestinians, which was ongoing until 2005 for Gaza and still ongoing in the West Bank.

[@allahstan4171]

@@DanielGalimidi yes because the target of the video is before all of this

[@StayBasedJesus]

I wish for a American free Syria 🇸🇾

[@FreeFilastin]

Same, America just seems to ruin everything man.

[@StayBasedJesus]

@@FreeFilastin I understand many Arab people don’t like Bashar , but I think one day they will see that he is the better options then US “democracy” They have overthrowned over 50 countries since ww2, Syria was one of them 2011, or at least they tried and failed Al Humdullilah!

[@spaghettimon3851]

@@StayBasedJesus Can't Mossad the Assad! 😎🇸🇾

[@StayBasedJesus]

@@spaghettimon3851 hhhhh eei wallah !

[@donHooligan]

From the river to the sea... Palestine used to belong to Syria. ...until zionist terrorist stole it and occupied it.

[@a3mory349]

loved the video ❤

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad you liked it!!

[@crappychannel643]

"IT lesson is just a long break" - mr

[@Anklebreaker9]

no matter what your thoughts on hafez is you cant deny his overwhelmingly destructive legacy he has left on our country

[@bubbabubba6322]

Cry more wahhabi

[@Nylon-xj9ml]

He literally revolutionized all aspects of Syrian life. Don't be so simple to assume that his job was easy, considering the amount of foreign interest in this country & the complications caused by our Arabic neighboors.

[@Anklebreaker9]

@@bubbabubba6322found the allawite

[@baselnat93]

@@Nylon-xj9ml hahahhahhahahahaahahahahahahahhahahahahhahaha revolutionized your ass

[@MissionControlTet]

@@Nylon-xj9ml Based Alawite

[@wadej347]

This is a very western story of Syria I think, in my opinion there is ALOT more to what is going on in Syria and the Middle East in general.

[@pacifront83]

The eastern Mediterranean has always been brutal region, and having seen its beauty, it’s deeply tragic for its people. Turkey still shines bright, and needs to be seen if allowed the luxury.

[@John.McMillan]

I remember hating this name back in the day because of General Al-Asaad from the original modern warfare.

[@flfar3445]

Will you do more videos on syria?

[@HikmaHistory]

Depends what time period you mean - modern Syria, maybe/maybe not; pre-20th century Syria, definitely.

[@flfar3445]

@@HikmaHistory yes modern times would be great 👍 and great work!

[@explicit_207]

@@HikmaHistory Tariq bro, could you do some videos on the Middle East after the fall of the ottomans and the first arab kingdoms before colonisation from the west? :)

[@HikmaHistory]

@@explicit_207 Definitely

[@explicit_207]

@@HikmaHistory Nice! Its such a hotbed of topics that tends to be overlooked in history its a crucial era aswell because it marks the rise of new ideologies in the region

[@paulblichmann2791]

It was so cool when Shinto Abe said "Assad must go" and then he was killed in a comic book fashion.

[@knowledgecity2685]

I am pretty sure Assad had no plans to kill him and that he was killed by someone else

[@CsalbertCs]

Assad curse is real, that's why I'm a huge Assad supporter. Plus being Arab Christian, he protects us.

[@purpleblastoise]

@@CsalbertCs Same here 🇸🇾☦

[@infernoo365]

@@CsalbertCs Protects from whom?

[@nuur1-xr6qk]

​@@infernoo365 from everyone he is the security of every syrian not only christians

[@k.alkordi]

There should be part II

[@rayanamara9391]

Great job I really enjoy your channel. Could you make a video about king Farouk of Egypt please? Because there are not many documentaries/ videos of him out there. keep it up 💯

[@alawitemuslimdefenceleague8792]

Farouk was Alawi too but he came from our beloved cousins the Alawi Bektashis not Alawites .

[@HikmaHistory]

Thanks man. Probably not a full video on him but I do have a similar video to this coming out on Egypt which will talk briefly about him.

[@Love_u_Bangladesh]

Love Assad from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️🇸🇾

[@andro9009]

You like somebody how killed millions of people.

[@Nawabofbengal]

Naaah bro 💀💀💀

[@Love_u_Bangladesh]

@@Nawabofbengal why not bro?

[@DaddyM7MD]

@@Love_u_Bangladesh hes a terrorist murderous dictator who killed 1 million Muslims.

[@fatimaaysha319]

what the sources used? I have seen few videos and you did not indicate your sources in any of them, please provide sources, this will help if someone wants to investigate more and shows credability. Other than that it is great content.

[@ajzmn3538]

The Sasha Baron-Cohen movie "The Spy" had this successive series of coup as a backdrop for the series.

[@Hayanomie]

Assadists: cAnT moSsAd AsSAd Eli Cohen: am I a joke to you?

[@HikmaHistory]

Still need to watch that

[@purpleblastoise]

@@Hayanomie Where do you think Cohan's remains are? Don't worry he's in a safe place inside Assad's toilet. 🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾

[@georgesmith1127]

God, Syria and Bashar!

[@noualirabbat]

Your mom

[@najibrizvi]

I always loved this slogan when I lived in Syria

[@mustafarahi8670]

@@noualirabbat Your mom

[@Traplicano]

Assad isn’t even Muslim

[@fuadahmed5501]

Who voted in Assad?

[@daudfw8440]

Ya Arabi wa Ajami itahd fi'lah' tala wa untim tu flihoon.

[@labiwa.01]

With competence!!! And blessings. That famíly dominates my heart and admiration, like most Syrian's.

[@DaddyM7MD]

fuck no

[@owlkiyo]

As an Assyrian from Syria i can tell you Assad was wonderful and there was no hostility between us Christians and the muslims of Syria, we lived alongside each other. Also when the ottomans committed genocide who took us in? Assads father

[@HelloSirHowCanIScamYouToday]

Can you explain about the genocide more please?

[@VampireHub616]

@@HelloSirHowCanIScamYouToday Is he on about the Armenian genocide?

[@owlkiyo]

@@HelloSirHowCanIScamYouToday to summarize the christians who have inhabited that region of turkey that the kurds reside got exterminated. Assyrians who are the natives Armenians and greeks took the allies side, the ottoman as we know took hitlers. They killed us in fear of mass up rising

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

It was more of a Christian genocide as the Turks killed and removed Greeks, Assyrians and Armenian Christians from Anatolia.

[@explicit_207]

@@alejandromaldonado6159 I would have to disagree, the Armenian genocide was not exactly executed purely because religion. Its a bit more complicated than that

[@AtillatheFun]

“Syria was attacked by Israel”…really?

[@tokay57]

Israel attacked Egypt first in a "preemtive offensive" and Syria joined in days later in the six day war. So basically, Syria lost in about 3 days.

[@AtillatheFun]

@@tokay57 I am talking about his phrasing. He made it sound like Israel attacked Syria instead of it being the other way around.

[@aliale161]

the ape of the coast seized power through.....

[@Zarphani]

Try to give heads up for your advertising/ sponsor section.

[@marcoglowatzki2061]

Bashar al Assad = the great LION !!! ❤🇸🇾❤

[@myproductions6225]

insh'allah you will accompany him in hell

[@noualirabbat]

The dog of hell

[@ragincajun7625]

A lion that's been bombed a billion times and is to cowardly to respond.

[@purpleblastoise]

@@ragincajun7625 Cope! The US imperialists and its satellite states failed on overthrowing Assad! 🇸🇾

[@ragincajun7625]

@@purpleblastoise Awe how cute......you think Americans care about Syria. Silly you. Make sure you tell the Sunni Syrians the Alawites are their masters. Tell the Sunni Syrians to work harder. Asma Assad needs to go shopping.

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

Foreign countries never completely leave a country to themselves.

[@DavidDavid-mm7gb]

Lacking a lot of information re 1967. Also Atassi family never mentioned

[@Ugaritic]

Syria was one of the strongest countries in the middle east under Hafiz Assad

[@artair70]

Isn't that like saying The Congo is one of the richest parts of Africa? Low bar.

[@alomaralsulaiman6501]

Cap 🧢

[@Nuruddunya]

@@artair70 the living standard for gulfies is higher than every western nation combined

[@Nylon-xj9ml]

@@artair70 Yes, it is exactly like saying that. You don't compare it to the countries of africa, you don't compare it to the countries of europe, you compare it to the countries of the middle east, because it is in the middle east.

[@tpxchallenger]

Well after Israel, Iran, Turkey, Saudi, Egypt, and Iraq you make a great point. Stronger than Jordan and Lebanon.

[@syro5775]

Hafez Assad stabilised Syria and made it a powerful and an influential state in the arab world. Ever heard of the saying “no war without Egypt and no peace without Syria” Those who say that he played on sectarianism are usually a bunch of disgruntled sunnis who are just upset over the fact that he was an alawaite. Nothing else. The Syrian military and intelligence had PLENTY of powerful sunni generals and directors, but that doesn’t mean anything to the self-victimising population of Syria who for so long benefited from alienating minorities under and post-ottoman rule. The reason why plenty of minorities gravitated towards the army was due to the fact that Syria was a feudalistic country with the sunni aristocracy controlling EVERY aspect of the Syrian republic from economy to politics to lands. Entire states were owned by powerful families who happened to be sunni. Also Syria’s “democracy” was never truly a democracy when ethnic and religious minorities were excluded and unrepresented. The reason why many Syrian sunnis glorify that period is because it was dominated by sunnis and minorities were excluded. So much for “one people” aye

[@lmaozedong9185]

About what you said on the people who say he played on sectarianism is true.. especially when they tell you that while having Saddam Hussein as their profile picture when he did everything you can accuse Al Assad family of doing lol

[@syro5775]

@@lmaozedong9185 yeah exactly his only crime in their eye was being an alawite

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

@@syro5775 are you alawite yourself?

[@dragon888193ftw]

Syrian Sunni Muslims are 80% of Syria's population. They are the crushing majority. They should be the ones ruling the country, not some Alawite who's originally Iranian.

[@syro5775]

@@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl none of your business if i was

[@mohamedmabrouk2797]

Bashar is a great leader. He is humble and clever and he loves his country. He loves arab culture. The West and their arab traitors failed to topple him موتوا بغيظكم

[@perniciousseizurehellio3438]

😂😂

[@harisrainy8795]

Hell awaits

[@Chill6063]

So basically Despite being 13 percent of the population, Alawites made up over 50 percent of the officers corps in the army?

[@madbro7163]

Clever

[@AnonymousReader-er4eg]

50% of warlords

[@syro5775]

Not exactly. Having power and making a percentage are two different things. Plenty of powerful and influential generals were sunnis also intelligence directors. The thing is Arab sunnis are much like white Americans. They share the same irrational fear of minorities because for so long minorities were marginalised and alienated and when they gained somewhat of power and became close to equal to arab sunnis that became a threat to the arab sunni population.

[@yannick245]

@@syro5775 Many Sunni generals defected during the civil war. Joining the opposition. Even to Daesh! No the Alawites are even more overrepresented in the Syrian military and other institutions of the state.

[@syro5775]

@@yannick245 yeah cause sectarianism runs deep in their blood. Bullsh!t most of our ministers were sunnis, the most well known intelligence directors were sunnis. The whole narrative that sunnis are oppressed by the big bad minorities is bullsh!t and pure sectarian and racist. Sunnis being oppressed is the same thing as white Americans saying they’re oppressed.

[@tspice2830]

Yesss finally a full video on syria!

[@lovenlightman]

Assad was brutal to dose who dared oppose him? Who would believe it as his son is even Worse. Loving Muslims...

[@L-U-M-B-A-G-O]

Bashar the gigachad leader

[@KimPhilby203]

Got the Smackdown from the Israeli's

[@purpleblastoise]

Israel lost the 2006 lebanon war, they failed on overthrowing Assad from the US and NATO backing! #FreePalestine 🇸🇾❤🇵🇸

[@ForeverRepublic]

@UmQasaann Won? Lol. Beirut got leveled. If that's a victory to you, then that's just sad. I'm from Israel, and I guarantee no one in my countries army or government would want a Salafist Syria on our northern border. Assad is preferable because he is at least subservient to reason. The enemy I know is better than the one I don't. The Syrian Army allied with the entire Arab world and was still no match for us, even with basically unlimited Soviet support. You were still defeated in a matter of two days. You aren't a threat and never were. Cope harder. There is no "Palestine."

[@najibrizvi]

I spent my childhood in Syria, and loved the country so much. Assad is an important integral part of Syria

[@tamamemad2479]

important in the destruction of syria

[@najibrizvi]

@@tamamemad2479 important for destruction of salafis killing counties

[@tamamemad2479]

@@najibrizvi salafie killing countrys like saudi and turkey are way better than syria so yeah xD

[@Randomsyrianfella]

@@najibrizvithe salafis he let out of prison to join the fsa so he could cry to Russia about islamists?

[@navylaks2]

Every circus needs its ringleaders, I guess for Syria it was Assad

[@purpleblastoise]

Cope harder, Assad is winning this illegal war that the US and NATO terrorists started! 🇸🇾✌🏽

[@user-ot9hg9jt7k]

I think now I can send comments.

[@nochillz8876]

Even as a Syrian, i didn’t know why these tyrants managed to get the grip on power, thank you for the video!

[@tamamemad2479]

forign support duuh, cheaper for the us to elect a dictator that destories his country than to send its own troops all to protect isreal sovernity.

[@jihadi-against-oppression]

If Muslim brotherhood took power, the situation would have been different for Syria

[@nochillz8876]

@@jihadi-against-oppression don’t know much about them tbh. but i would rather have them than the Assad family.

[@tamamemad2479]

@@jihadi-against-oppression haha no thanks we don’t want that we just want democracy

[@juniorjames7076]

European colonization divide and conquer tactics, effective from India to Africa. But then again, like a Nigerian professor of economics told me...."The lizard cant get into the wall if there aren't already cracks."

[@HikmaHistory]

Gotdam that's a nice analogy!

[@principal_optimism]

It's a good analogy but almost doesn't go far enough.

[@theauthoritarianlebanese]

Its simple, Syria had always an cycle of leader killing each other, sometimes it was an dictatorship, after it became an democracy for then become again an dictatorship, it was kill or be kill, Syria was unstable so Hafez Al Assad and the ba'ath party came and did an state coup, Hafez with an hand of steel stabilised Syria in the most strict and authoritarian way and it worked, Syria under Hafez dictatorship became more stable,organised and prospered, and now Bashar won the civil war and is rebuilding Syria

[@tamamemad2479]

he won a destroyed unstable country after what he did bashar will never rule for much... soon all these dictators like bashar and sisi will toople when the next arab spring is triggered... pray for that maybe it will initiate a proper government for lebanon compared to the brothel that's running the country

[@svihl666]

9:20 / 12:30

[@musco71]

9:00 Syria was attacked by Israel??? what exactly are you smoking?

[@lmaozedong9185]

The six days war or the war of 1967 started with Israeli aerial attack on Syrian and Egyptian airforce, destroying them and taking them out before starting the ground invasion wtf are you ranting about? How can you even deny that? Are you thinking of yom kippur or the war of 1973 when Syria and Egypt attacked first?

[@donHooligan]

Palestine *BELONGED* to Syria, until zionist terrorists stole it and occupied it. read a book.

[@donHooligan]

@@musco71 when USA loses WWIII, you will be held to account. repent, while you still can.

[@xxabdulplayzxx2451]

Syria was attacked by Israel since the beginning of the state lmao they still do air strikes on it today in 2022

[@musco71]

@@xxabdulplayzxx2451 because Syria is used by Iran to send weapons to hezb.

[@spaghettimon3851]

Can't Mossad the Assad, the lion of Damascus! 🦁🇸🇾

[@yellowmask1796]

Yesterday israel bombed syria for the billionth time

[@zalqert]

Coward that does nothing as Syria bombs his capital yet massacres civilians in his own country. Some lion .

[@alomaralsulaiman6501]

Bruh literally the ✡️ bombing damascus every month and the lion doesn't respond 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ragincajun7625]

@@alomaralsulaiman6501 Syria is ruled by the cowardly lion.

[@alomaralsulaiman6501]

@@ragincajun7625 We prefer calling him (donkey)

[@paulblichmann2791]

God (Allah), Guns, Glory, and...last but not least...Assad!

[@mazmalik2394]

Nah you see that with the west. From one war to another, that’s why Ukraine is a battleground for The west.

[@chrismckimmey2582]

Syria was not a civil war. It was legit mercenary vs mercenary 😂😭

[@madoleenc1433]

Too real

[@krystofhoudek1500]

You have there quite a mistake. In 1967, the Syrians entered the war against Israel, not the other way around.

[@davidelliot9884]

Yeah, I picked up on that too. Accountability by Arab leaders isn’t a strong suit.

[@mazmalik2394]

@@davidelliot9884 Just like the west aye…

[@PakBallandSami]

“You are there and to their ears, being a Syrian sounds like you’re unclean, shameful, indecent; it’s like you owe the world an apology for your very existence.” ― Asaad Almohammad,

[@napolien1310]

For what reason he said that!!

[@cd5433]

Very true

[@Hayanomie]

Syrians will not apologize 🔥

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

Dude you are everywhere

[@Nylon-xj9ml]

@@williamthebonquerer9181 funny when westerns complain about refugees slightly changing the faces of their countries. It's like, yeah, well look what happened to mine. You are not more worthy of life than I am.

[@unusualhistorian1336]

Great video Hikma history!

[@HikmaHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@HappyHappySY]

Hello from Aleppo Syria This is a western version pf Syria But gladly we are fukin imperialism and we will remain victorious

[@awababdullah3963]

Long live Assad

[@jenpsakiscousin4589]

The people in Syria seem to support the leadership of Bashar Assad. If that is tru than that is all that matters

[@v-corps]

The Syrian people dislike the Assad dynasty and want then to go.

[@arabianinferno6918]

@@v-corps Nusayris definitely love Assad

[@v-corps]

@@arabianinferno6918 Nusayris are only a minority of Syrians. Most of the Syrian people want the Assad dynasty to go. 99% of Assadists have never met a Syrian or lived in Syria. Of the 1% of people of people in Syria who may support Assad, these are mainly Nusayris whos support for the Assad regime is out of sectarian loyalty.

[@khedirmoussa1983]

عاشت سورية الاسد 💚💚💚🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🤲🤲🤲

[@saigovind3006]

One things for sure dynastic politics and one family running an entire country will always ruin a country.

[@khalidqawdhan3265]

Long live the Assad dynasty

[@segagenysis6918]

Long live!!

[@StayBasedJesus]

👍

[@myproductions6225]

in hell

[@Hayanomie]

Thank you for making this video 💚 Free Syria

[@ThusItHappened]

Hey Hayanomie, as far as I know, you are a Marxist and are opposed to Bashar al-Assad. But, what do you think of the old Baath Party of Michel Aflaq and Salahaddin al-Bitar. Also, what do you think of Salah Jadid?

[@Hayanomie]

@@ThusItHappened hey, i don't really know how to answer a question like this to tell you the truth. Leftists in Syria never got a chance to organize without the threat of military leaders usurping their authority. As a Marxist in Syria it's very conflicting because on one hand baathism is technically socialist but as the video mentions as soon as they came to power they imprisoned political opponents and banned other political parties. In other words, baathism was the nail in the coffin for Syrians right to rule themselves. I am always going to advocate for socialist policies, but I always criticize dictator's like Nasser, Ghaddafi, Saddam and Assad.

[@tj5180]

@@ThusItHappened salad jadid was a pro Palestinian and was gonna help the PLO but was toppled by hafiz same one who helped israel and fight against Palestinians also carried out massacres

[@ThusItHappened]

@@tj5180 As much I remember, he also intervened in the Black September war in Jordan.

[@Hayanomie]

@@ThusItHappened yes Salah sent Syrian troops to assist them but Hafez quickly withdrew them and launched the corrective movement of 1970

[@trickofchess8142]

the Hafez al-Assad's third issue was another neighbor, Iraq (and its ally Jordan)

[@pipandlou]

Damn his soul.

[@jaysidayon8217]

ASSAD FAMILY AND REGIME❤️🇵🇭😊💯

[@ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273]

No It is family killed 2.5 million syrian and made 19 million syrian refugees cross the world

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

What the Tyrant Syrian regime did to its people is unforgivable. I respect All Syrians who revolted against this Tyrant. May Allah Bless the Mujahideen who revolted الله أكبر

[@Randomsyrianfella]

Muslims, Arabs, and actual Syrians: Assad is a tyrant Westoids for some reason: WoW bAsHaR sO gOoD

[@tgm_rka8888]

@@Randomsyrianfellawhat tf are you talking about? The west along with GCC and turkey were the ones trying remove Assad. Thankfully he didn’t stand down and fought those filthy satantic globalists

[@averageviewer6279]

Because you can't mossad the Assad

[@12gmkk29]

Isreal have been booming Syria for weeks now and assad no reaction

[@averageviewer6279]

@@12gmkk29 they could've killed him a long time ago, notice they never do.

[@goyimkiller69]

@@12gmkk29 Assads ain't gonna let his troops die to some longnose tribes

[@cd5433]

@@averageviewer6279 USA had a leadership strike option in Syria that would've taken him out. Look it up . Trump didn't use it and instead went with cruise missles on some airfield

[@zxera9702]

@@averageviewer6279 They tried to mess him...they failed lol Assad won the civil war

[@Heresheis0818]

The first generation of well-trained psychologist who is extremely proficient in Chinese and English. He is at first not sure about Japanese and Korean culture, that’s why he decides to train that baby 🐑 to lure people in to initiating the seemingly impossible’ massacre’

[@nunyabizznizz7326]

kinda like the queen?

[@alawitemuslimdefenceleague8792]

1- Hafez al Assad has never used sectarian divisions to entrench his rule , he always was a factor of unity and his speeches was filled with a unifying religious tone calling Syrians : *Oh the Sons of Abu Bakr Oh The Sons of Omar oh the sons of Uthman oh the Sons of Ali may Allah be pleased with them all* . 2-Alawites don't dominate the army , actually Sunnis are the majority in the army till this day , but Syrian villagers dominate the higher positions because villagers send their children to military academies to ensure a stable income to their poor families and military academies qualify them to reach high positions while urban citizens usually don't send their children to military academies , they just prefer to serve for few years as conscripted then chose civilian career . This myth of Alawites dominating high positions originated in the fact that most Alawites are villagers and it's normal in Syria to use the term "villagers" to refer to "Alawites" , still there are also many high ranking Sunnis , Druze and Christians , the common factor here is that most of them are villagers too even the current Sunni defence minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas is hailed from a Sunni village named Efra , so it's about being villager not about being Alawite yet it's true that most villagers in Syria are Alawites . 3-Syria's Ba'ath was founded by Zaki Al Arsuzi and Sami Jundi while Iraq's Ba'ath was founded by Michel Aflaq and Salah al bitar . 4-The constitution that caused the problem with the western backed terror groups during the 70's wasn't secular , it just granted full equality between Syrian Christians and Muslims and giving Christians all the same rights as Muslims and this triggered the western backed Muslim Brotherhood and Assad didn't implement this constitution in order to contain the unrest but the MB never give up and yes it was ended in 1982 when Assad eliminated them . 5-The Lebanese intervention wasn't about siding with Maronites but rather siding with the Lebanese government The Lebanese president Suleiman Frangieh asked Assad in 1976 to interfere to protect Lebanon's Christians after the PLO sided with the Muslim Brotherhood to control Sidon , Tyre and they were pushing towards Beirut , one of the leaders of the MB and a main ally to the PLO , Sheikh Said Shaaban openly wanted to deport Christians to Latin America , so President Assad senior interfered to keep Lebanon from division between sects , however the Phalangists who were agents of Israel wanted to divide Lebanon into mini states including a Christian one so they disliked the decision of President Frangieh to bring Assad to change the entire game , this is why the Phalangists attacked the president's family and killed them all in the Ehden massacre 1978 . 6-in 2005 Mossad and CIA assassinated al Hariri to frame Assad over his death and trigger a civil war between Syrians and Lebanese therefore Assad Jr preferred to withdraw troops to kill the Mossad's plan , still Lebanon and Palestine are both Syrian Lands anyway and still Syria , Lebanon and Palestine are part of one single Arab state from Morocco and Mauritania to the Persian gulf and we officially don't recognize the Sykes Picot agreement .

[@Hayanomie]

100% certified Assad propaganda 😂🤡

[@juniorjames7076]

What about the role French colonization played in 1) naming the originally called Nusayris- Alawites, and 2) giving them weapons and training. Classic divide and conquer tactics employed from India to Africa. Before French coloization Nusayris/Alawites had little power. A decade after decolonization, they run the Levent. Coinicidence?

[@thethroneshistorian1067]

@@Hayanomie 100 % colonial rag as your pfp, you know that this flag was used when syria got dominated by the french and they where slaughtering your people? The U.S said that the so called "FSA" was funded by the CIA and an asset for the states and turkey, do you wan't democracy? Then go to idlib and live with these religous, foreign backed terrorists and then make up your mind. Please don't make yourself look like a fool.

[@thethroneshistorian1067]

@@Hayanomie also what reveloution? The go out record for 5 minutes and come back and earn money? LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL WHAT CHEMICAL WEAPONS? THE UN team came and said there where no chemical attacks being used, and now they are being labeled as russian proxy's

[@thethroneshistorian1067]

@@Hayanomie why should syrians support people, who are bombing mosques and churches, trust me we want him.