The town of Hama in particular was a "stronghold of landed conservatism and of the Muslim Brothers," and "had long been a redoubtable opponent of the Ba'athist state," according to Syria expert Patrick Seale.
According to Patrick Seale, Bustan al-Basha's residents were mostly aligned with Syrian Social Nationalist Party in the mid-20th-century.
Patrick Seale writes that the Hindawi family (from the Jordanian village of Baqura) had a history of connection to Mossad.
His son Patrick Seale is a British journalist and author who specialises in the Middle East.
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