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Ten years later, Syria’s civil war, with its untold numbers of dead, serves as a bleak example of possibility and hope crushed by conflict and chaos.

President Assad has vowed to “crush” the rebels and accused Western powers of trying to redraw the map of the region, while his key allies Russia and Iran have offered their “unconditional support”.

Right after buying the land, he crushed up a piece of ore and found what miners call flour gold — tiny, fine specks of gold.

Paul Sakouvogi said the stadium had "only one exit... which was very small", where the crush occurred as people tried to flee.

In April, the opposition Democratic Party won the parliamentary election by a landslide, dealing a crushing defeat for Yoon and his People Power Party.