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 Mr. Khaddam 's statement appeared to suggest a serious crack in the tight ruling circles in Damascus , particularly among the so-called Old Guard that had surrounded Mr. Assad 's father , Hafez al-Assad , who died in 2000 . 
 place of death: Hafez al-Assad, Damascus
Given a phrase that describes the relationship between two words, extract the words and the lexical relationship between them. The output format should be "relation1: word1, word2; relation2: word3, word4". 
Option: nationality, country capital, place of death, children, location contains, place of birth, place lived, administrative division of country, country of administrative divisions, company, neighborhood of, company founders 
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Answer:
 place of death: Hafez al-Assad, Damascus