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We drove through Syria in 1994. On almost every lamp post there was a portrait of Hafez Al-Assad. It was the most terrifying cult of personality I have ever seen in person. We went to the city of Hama where there were multiple massacres in the 1980s. The fear was palpable. The Syrian people we met were wonderful. Including the farmer who insisted we stay on his house when we had asked if we could pitch a tent on his land. I hope Assad and those who have upheld his tyranny receive the justice they dealt to others.