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From Damascus suburb to presidential palace: Ahmad Al Shara's past offers rare insight into his outlook
Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...
Middle East Eye12h
Are Arab dissidents facing a new wave of repression?
Recent extraditions between Middle Eastern states facilitated through an opaque arrest warrant system have left many ...
Foreign Affairs15h
In Assad’s Fall, an Echo of the Arab Spring
The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...