The Baath regime committed a massive massacre in Hama, Syria, killing 40,000 people on February 2, 1982.
On February 2, 1982, the Ba'th regime signed a massive massacre of 40,000 people in Hama, Syria. The city of Hama was surrounded by heavy weapons. The blood of thousands of children, young and old people, has been shed in Hama.
The soil was filled with blood that day. The Hama massacre, which has been one of the most brutal massacres in history, is not forgotten in spite of 37 years.
Hama was one of the most powerful cities in the Islamic movement in Syria. The Hama people and the powerful Islamic opposition, which did not participate in the referendum to change the amendment of the article "The religion of the President is Islam," frightened the Ba'ath regime.
Hafez al-Assad, who could not digest this situation, started various conspiracies. He began to persecute the people for the formation of intimidation conditions long before the massacre. He turned his eyes to the people's lives, goods, honor, and sanctity.
The Syrian army, under the command of Hafez al-Assad brother, Rifat al-Assad, besieged Hama and started shelling the city of Hama. The city's electricity, water, and phones have been disconnected.
Journalists have been denied access to the area. The Muslim Brotherhood declared jihad from the mosque minarets and tried to protect the city of Hama.
The Syrian army, unable to enter Hama, continued to bomb the city with planes and chemical weapons. Hama was destroyed with heavy weapons.
The massacre, where forty thousand people were killed by the Assad regime, was not the last massacre of Assad regime. Today, both the people of Hama and other cities of Syria are killed by the same regime.
The Syrian army, which entered the city after demolishing Hama, gathered the remaining innocent people in military camps and stadiums. They were left starving and tortured.
People who wrote Hama in their ID card were arrested wherever they live in the country. Women were raped. Children died of hunger and fear. People were injured for days and lived with the corps.
800 thousand people from different cities of Syria had to flee their country.
ILKHA