Political dissenters were eliminated by arrest, torture, and execution, and when the Muslim Brotherhood mounted a rebellion in Hama in 1982, Assad suppressed it, killing between 10,000--25,000 people.
Political dissenters were eliminated by arrest. Political dissenters were eliminated by torture. Political dissenters were eliminated by execution. Assad suppressed it. Assad was killing between 10,000--25,000 people. The Muslim Brotherhood mounted a rebellion in Hama in 1982.