2011 Syrian Uprising
Hassoun is considered to be a firm ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad. In response to a perceived threat of NATO intervention, Hassoun is reported to have threatened retaliation through suicide bombings in the US and EU. Hassoun cited the Arab Christian suicide bomber Jules Jammal as an example of a non-Muslim Syrian who carried out a suicide bomb martyrdom attack on the west, and warned that non-Arab and non-Muslims would assist Syria in martrydom/suicide bombing against the west. Hassoun's 22-year-old son, Sariya, was assassinated on October 2, 2011 in an ambush in the road between Idlib and Aleppo.
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