"Although the report confirmed the scale of the killings, it framed the story as beginning on 6 March, when Assad loyalists launched an attack, killing security personnel. But to start the story then is to ignore the reasons those who had surrendered and welcomed a new government had taken up arms again."

‘We were tricked’
Loubna Mrie on the Syrian #Alawites

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n14/loubna-mrie/we-were-tricked

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Loubna Mrie · ‘We were tricked’: Assad and the Alawites

For a long time, it had seemed that Assad might outlast everything. Then, almost overnight, it was over. And with his...

London Review of Books

Can Ahmad al-Sharaa restore confidence at home and abroad ?

Interview with researcher #JosephDaher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kawlNiLfWFQ

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Ahmed Al-Charaa peut-il restaurer la confiance dans son pays et à l'étranger

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#Jadaliyya | Syria Research Project

#Syria in Transition: The First Three Months

Speakers: Lisa Wedeen, Omar S. Dahi

Commentary: Bassam Haddad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjoAT0fov8k

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Syria in Transition: The First 45 Days, Speakers: Lisa Wedeen & Omar S. Dahi

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