See Assad curse on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2018 December 27, @walid970721, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-08-13:",
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"ref": "2021 June 1, u/doucheshanemec24, “There is no stopping the Curse”, in Reddit, r/SyrianCirclejerkWar, archived from the original on 2023-08-13:",
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"ref": "2023 March 18, @RWApodcast, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-03-19:",
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