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Omer immigrated to Canada in 2017, but his connection to his homeland remains strong. Before arriving, he was a vocal critic ...

The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

When I visited Maaloula in southwest Syria in 2016, the Jabhat Al-Nusra (the predecessor of the Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham jihadis ...

While the fall of the Assad dynasty represents an epochal turning point for Syrians, the future remains in all senses ...

Syria, under the rule of the Assads, had a complicated relationship with the terms development and sovereignty. For instance, while the Ba’ath Party ruled with an iron fist, it ensured ...

While the Ba’ath party ideology must be rejected as an authoritarian doctrine, its adherents should be pardoned and allowed to contribute to the new Syria. Suppressed ideas turn into violent ...

In our analysis of Syria, we observe that the conflict initially surfaced within the Alawite community, then escalated within the Ba’ath Party, and ultimately extended to divisions within ...

The fall of more than 60 years of Ba’ath Party rule in Syria — 50 of those years under the Assad family, father and son — is a watershed moment for the Middle East. Even so, many of Assad ...