The seasons go by but Syria’s Arab Spring shows no sign of passing. Bashar Al-Assad’s strategy remains that of buying himself more time, in the…

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The Struggle for Power in Syria: Politics and Society under Asad and the Baath Party. Nokalaos van Dam I.B. Taurus 2011 This book, now in its…

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