Even before Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, created a dynasty that has endured since 1970, Syria was governed by a succession of tyrants.
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除非对阿萨德家族进行赦免,否则人们要阿萨德家族离开的要求注定是无效的。
To demand the Assad family's departure is counter-productive unless an amnesty is offered.
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叙利亚反对派拒绝接受阿萨德的新倡议,并再次要求阿萨德下台。
The Syrian opposition has rejected Assad's proposal and demanded again for him to step down.