A makeshift gallows depicting the execution of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assd (top-C), his sons current President Bashar al-Assad (2nd L) and Maher (L), their brother in-law General Assef Shawkat and businessman Rami Makhluf (R), during an anti-regime protest outside the Syrian embassy in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on July 31, 2011. Syrian forces killed nearly 140 people including 100 when the army stormed the flashpoint protest city of Hama to crush dissent on the eve of Ramadan, activists said. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ / AFP PHOTO / Patrick BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)
