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The UN and others accuse him of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewar crimes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e crimes against humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in Syria's 2011-24 Civil War: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esystematic torture \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e deaths \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein detention, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edisappearing \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e indiscriminately attacking civilians, housing \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand civilian infrastructure, and using \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003echemical weapons\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Russian president Vladimir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePutin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gave him asylum and Assad lives in luxury in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoscow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUmayyad Mosque\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.25em;\"\u003eالْجَامِع الْأُمَوِي‎\u003c\/span\u003e), also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus (\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.25em;\"\u003eجَامِع بَنِي أُمَيَّة الْكَبِير\u003c\/span\u003e), is one of the largest, oldest and most important in Islam because of its historical and eschatological reports and events associated with the mosque. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParliament\u003c\/strong\u003e — the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Assembly_of_Syria\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePeople's Assembly of Syria\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\"\u003eمجلس الشعب\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMajlis al-Shaʿb\u003c\/em\u003e), completed in 1971 on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Umayyad_Square\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUmayyad Square\u003c\/a\u003e, Damascus.\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"_p_ua7qq_109\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Butcher of Syria, Flip Over for a Meaningless Parliament\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"_p_ua7qq_109\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh, the irony of featuring a dictator, and on the same note, a parliament that he made meaningless\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_ua7qq_109\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Syrian People's Assembly (مجلس الشعب) building in Damascus was completed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1971\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — a modernist structure built under Hafez al-Assad's early rule, deliberately functional and austere rather than grand. 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He seized power in a bloodless coup in 1969 at just 27, overthrowing the Western-backed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idris_of_Libya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKing Idris\u003c\/a\u003e, and immediately set about dismantling everything that came before him — foreign military bases, oil concessions, the monarchy, the name of the country itself. He called his system the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamahiriya\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJamahiriya\u003c\/a\u003e — a word he invented, roughly meaning \"state of the masses\" — and published his political philosophy in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Green_Book_(Gaddafi)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGreen Book\u003c\/a\u003e, a rambling rejection of both capitalism and communism that he insisted was a third way for humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn practice, Libya under Gaddafi was an oil-funded autocracy with a cult of personality so elaborate it became almost surreal — the all-female bodyguard unit, the Bedouin tent pitched on foreign soil during state visits, the ever-changing military uniforms, the decades of sponsoring everyone from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_Republican_Army\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIRA\u003c\/a\u003e to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Mandela\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNelson Mandela\u003c\/a\u003e. 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Venezuela is suddenly back on the front pages after dramatic U.S. action against its leadership, and many people are realizing they know almost nothing about the country beyond \u003cstrong\u003eoil, crisis, and politics. \u003c\/strong\u003eThese banknotes offer a very different entry point. 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