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Syria’s Assad has embraced pariah status

More than a decade before the Arab Spring, there was the Damascus Spring. In the first months after Bashar al-Assad took over Syria in 2000, a wave of free expression broke out after he sent signals that were interpreted to mean that he planned to relax his father’s autocratic control. Dissidents formed 70 dialogue clubs, met openly and published two critical opinion magazines. Read full article >>

 

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