Syria shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of Iraq’s hasty post-Saddam elections
Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...
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A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs
The concert organised by the Molham Volunteering Team, a humanitarian organisation founded by Syrian students, also marked a ...
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Nothing Reassures the Syrians… But Syrian Patriotism
Circumstances of history beyond the scope of this column have suppressed Syrian patriotism and placed the term between scare marks. The Baath’s notorious lexicon rendered Syria, “the beating heart of ...