Hama Massacre

In the 1980s, a radical Muslim sect based out of Hama attempted to assassinate the Syrian president. They failed. To stop the threat, the president retaliated by sending in the army to wipe out the rebels. The city of Hama was pretty much leveled during the fighting and I think we read that 10,000-25,000 people were killed. As you can imagine, it isn't something that is talked about very much.

We saw the main mosque of the Muslim sect that was destroyed and later rebuilt. The rest of the area has been rebuilt as well, and you can tell that many of the buildings look fairly new.