Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 52 Hafez Assad 50 father Hafez 46 Hafez al 46 Isa al 45 Assad 45 premier Rafiq Hariri 44 Alawite 43 crush dissent 43 prime minister Rafik 43 President Hafez Assad 43 Alawites 42 Deraa 42 deeply resented 42 President Bashar Assad 41 Bashar Assad 41 brutally suppressed 41 shabiha 41 Doc Duvalier 41 al Assad 41 repressive 40 Bashar al 40 brutal crackdowns 40 father Francois Papa 40 iron fisted 39 de facto ruler 39 Predeceased 39 prime minister Rafiq Hariri 39 brutal crackdown 38 prime minister Rafik Hariri 38 bloodiest crackdown 38 autocratic rule 38 pro democracy 38 monthlong uprising 38 dictator Nicolae Ceausescu 38 ruling Baath 38 al Ahmar 38 El Abidine Ben 37 waged bloody 37 Khomeini 37 King Hamad bin 37 Operation Anfal 37 premier Rafik Hariri 37 President Bashar 37 numerous aunts uncles 37 warlords ousted 37 Homs 37 dissident cleric 37 autocratic regime 37 Baath Party 36 dynasty 36 Gamal Mubarak 36 predeceased 36 brutal suppression 36 Al Saud 36 SOPnewswire 36 authoritarian 36 Rafiq Hariri 36 iron fisted rule 36 Al Qathafi 36 Grand Ayatollah 36 Bashar 36 bloody crackdown 36 al Hariri 35 Manama Pearl 35 summary executions 35 Grand Ayatollah Hossein 35 Ben Ali 35 hereditary succession 35 abortive uprising 35 Talkalakh 35 Damascus suburb 35 Ali Montazeri 35 autocratic 35 arbitrary arrests 35 Daraa 35 Damascus 35 Colonel Qaddafi 35 communist Khmer Rouge 35 Khaddam 35 Bashar Al 35 NewsDesk iWireNews ™ 35 Ne Win 35 Dawa Party 35 Prime Minister Rafik Hariri 35 evoked comparisons 34 President Hosny Mubarak 34 Gnassingbe Eyadema 34 Hussein 34 Baath party 34 suppressing dissent 34 Aria Munro 34 uprising 34 unarmed demonstrators 34 Yasser Arafat Fatah 34 ruling Baath Party 34 Druze leader 34 di ve.com editorial@di-ve.com 34 Fahd 34 violently suppressed 34 Zine el Abidine Ben 34 Contributed Story #