The uprising in Syria, the most violent of the Arab Spring rebellions, is playing out slowly and lethally. The estimated 10,000 deaths over the last 18 months equal the number killed in just a few days in 1982 in the city of Hama by Assad’s father, Hafez al-Assad, whose scorched-earth policy strengthened his hold on power and incurred only rhetorical condemnation from the international community.
作为阿拉伯之春叛乱的最暴力部分，叙利亚起义的发展势头缓慢而血腥。过去18个月中，据估计有10 000人丧命，和巴沙尔之父哈菲兹·阿萨德1982年在哈马（Hama）几天之内杀的人数相当。哈菲兹的焦土政策巩固了他对权力的掌握，而国际社会对此只是进行了口头谴责。