Initial diplomatic reports from Western countries stated that 1,000 were killed. Subsequent estimates vary, with the lower estimates claiming that at least 10,000 Syrian citizens were killed, while others put the number at 20,000 (Robert Fisk), or 40,000 (Syrian Human Rights Committee). About 1,000 Syrian soldiers were killed during the operation and large parts of the old city were destroyed. Alongside such events as Black September in Jordan, the attack has been described as one of "the single deadliest acts by any Arab government against its own people in the modern Middle East". The vast majority of the victims were civilians.
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| - Initial diplomatic reports from Western countries stated that 1,000 were killed. Subsequent estimates vary, with the lower estimates claiming that at least 10,000 Syrian citizens were killed, while others put the number at 20,000 (Robert Fisk), or 40,000 (Syrian Human Rights Committee). About 1,000 Syrian soldiers were killed during the operation and large parts of the old city were destroyed. Alongside such events as Black September in Jordan, the attack has been described as one of "the single deadliest acts by any Arab government against its own people in the modern Middle East". The vast majority of the victims were civilians.
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| Strength
| - Defense Companies: 3 Brigades
- Less than 2000 armed volunteers
- Syrian Arab Army : 4 Brigades
- Total : About 30,000 soldiers
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| Casus
| - Muslim Brotherhood capture of Hama city
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| - A section of Hama, after the government attack
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- Wright, Robin. 2008. Dreams and Shadows : the Future of the Middle East. Penguin.
- 6.3127092E8
- Jack Donnelly Human Rights at the United Nations 1955–85: The Question of Bias, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 32, No. 3 , pp. 275–303
- Fisk, Robert. 1990. Pity the Nation. London: Touchstone, ISBN 0-671-74770-3.
- Human Rights Watch. 1996. Syria's Tadmor Prison: Dissent Still Hostage to a Legacy of Terror.
- Fisk, Robert. 1989. Pity the Nation. London: Touchstone, ISBN 0-671-74770-3.
- Friedman, Thomas. 1998. From Beirut to Jerusalem, London: HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 0-00-653070-2. Chapter 4: "Hama Rules".
- Seale, Patrick. 1989. Asad, the Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press.
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| Casualties
| - Less than 500 in initial fighting
- All insurgents killed, between 10,000 to 30,000 civilians killed
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| Result
| - Islamist insurgency in Syria crushed, decisive Syrian victory
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- 10(xsd:integer)
- 14(xsd:integer)
- 22(xsd:integer)
- Military Intelligence
- General Intelligence Directorate
- Syrian Arab Army
- Air Force Intelligence
- Defense Companies
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| - Donnelly-1988
- Fisk-1989
- Fisk-1990
- Fisk-2007
- Fisk-2010
- Friedman-1998
- Routledge-2002
- Seale-1989
- The Economist-2000
- Wright-2008
- hrw-1996
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| - Hama, Syrian Arab Republic
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| - Initial diplomatic reports from Western countries stated that 1,000 were killed. Subsequent estimates vary, with the lower estimates claiming that at least 10,000 Syrian citizens were killed, while others put the number at 20,000 (Robert Fisk), or 40,000 (Syrian Human Rights Committee). About 1,000 Syrian soldiers were killed during the operation and large parts of the old city were destroyed. Alongside such events as Black September in Jordan, the attack has been described as one of "the single deadliest acts by any Arab government against its own people in the modern Middle East". The vast majority of the victims were civilians. According to Syrian media, anti-government rebels initiated the fighting, who "pounced on our comrades while sleeping in their homes and killed whomever they could kill of women and children, mutilating the bodies of the martyrs in the streets, driven, like mad dogs, by their black hatred." Security forces then "rose to confront these crimes" and "taught the murderers a lesson that has snuffed out their breath".
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