Why Do Despots Feel They Need Legitimacy?
Using democratic norms as a cover.
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Using democratic norms as a cover.
After the start of the current wave of protests in the city of Sweida on August 17, 2023, the Syrian regime arrested several dissenting voices in the Syrian coastal region. These voices had escalated their demands following the Sweida protests and even before, raising many questions about the regime's fear of these voices on one hand, and the prospects and possibilities of uprising in the Syrian coast on the other. This investigation aims to shed light on these issues.
Over the past four years, Assad has razed Syria to the ground. According to Lebanese intellectual Elias Khoury, Assad's regime has reached the end of the line, and the region finds itself in a situation similar to that at the end of the Ottoman Empire
Over the past four years, Assad has razed Syria to the ground. According to Lebanese intellectual Elias Khoury, Assad's regime has reached the end of the line, and the region finds itself in a situation similar to that at the end of the Ottoman Empire
Some countries just seem to be doomed from the start, and Syria looks like one of them. With a family of dictators at the helm, an ongoing civil war, an economic crisis and now the devastating earthqu...