 
 <prompt> text: ```Read di tori and ansa di kweshons.

(CNN) -- Bifor di Arab Spring, na di Damascus Spring dey happun. Wen Bashar al-Assad succeed im papa Hafez Assad for 2000, di promise of a modern and more democratic Syria dey. 

For im inauguration speech, al-Assad tok say e go be very different kind of leader from im papa. "I go try my very best to lead our country towards a future wey go fulfil di hopes and legitimate ambitions of our people," e tok. 

And for some time, di promise dey fulfilled. Im official website talk say e don build free-trade zones, license more private newspapers and private universities, and fight government waste and corruption. E also work on social and economic reform. 

But even though some changes happun during im rule, many pipo talk say al-Assad no really fulfil im promises. 

Human Rights Watch don call im time as president "the wasted decade" with media wey still dey controlled by di state, internet wey dey monitored and censored, and prisons wey still full with dissidents. 

Two former regime insiders -- wey now be im opponents -- remember their time with di younger al-Assad. Former vice president Abdel Halim Khaddam tok say Bashar dey often suffer from im elder brother's cruelty. "Im brother Basil dey bully am as pikin. Im papa never give am as much attention as Basil," Khaddam tok. 

Al-Assad's uncle Rifaat, wey leave Syria for 1984 afta im involvement for one failed coup, also remember di future president. 

"E dey very different from im papa. Hafez na leader, di head of di entire regime, while Bashar never dey close to being one and never fall within that framework. E dey seen as di leader but e dey follow wetin di regime decide on im behalf." 

1. Wetin happun bifor di Arab Spring?
2. Who succeed im papa?
3. Who be im papa?
4. Wen?
5. Dem make promise?
6. Of wetin?
7. Wetin im website tok say e build?
8. Any other tin?
9. Wetin kind of reform e don work on?
10. Dem dey changes under im rule?
11. E don fulfil im promise?
12. Wetin one group call im time as president?
13. Who talk am?
14. Who be Abdel Halim Khaddam?
15. Who be Basil?
16. Who be Rifaat?
17. Wen e leave Syria?
18. Why?
19. E tok say Bashar different from im papa?
20. E think say Bashar na leader?``` <response>: ```1. Damascus Spring
2. Bashar al-Assad
3. Hafez Assad
4. 2000
5. Yes
6. A more modern and democratic Syria
7. Free-trade zones
8. E fight government waste and corruption
9. Social and economic
10. Yes
11. Many say no.
12. The wasted decade
13. Human Rights Watch
14. Former vice president of Syria
15. Bashar's brother
16. Al-Assad's uncle
17. 1984
18. E dey involved for one failed coup
19. Yes
20. No``` 