A billboard sponsored by Latakia's chamber of commerce and industry shows pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) and his late father former president Hafez al-Assad in the coastal city of Latakia, the provincial capital of the heartland of Syrian president's Alawite sect, on March 17, 2016. / AFP / LOUAI BESHARA (Photo credit should read LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
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