Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham
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After the fall: Hope amid the ruins of post-Assad Syria
Kevin B. Anderson — A few months after the epochal fall of the Assad dictatorship, Syria remains in flux. Nonetheless, some broad outlines of where Syria is going can be discerned.
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The revolution in North and East Syria after the fall of Assad
Chris Slee looks at the history and prospects for the revolution in north and east Syria, also known as the Rojava revolution.
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Syria’s ‘delayed revolution’: An interview with Asef Bayat
Asef Bayat — The recent developments in Syria represent a new form of political change, the characteristics of which we will better understand in the future. But there is no doubt that these events are part of the Arab Spring.
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The Turkish Syria vs the new Syria
Tariq Hemo — Turkey is seeking to assert its influence in Syria while sidelining other powers and ignoring the people’s aspirations for a more inclusive and democratic state.
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Al-Jolani, HTS and the future of Syria
René Wildangel takes a look at who exactly are the Islamists that drove Syrian dictator Assad from the country.
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The threats ahead of a democratic and progressive Syria
Joseph Daher analyses the threats posed by the remnants of the old Assad regime and HTS's policy to consolidate its power over the new Syria.
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‘There is now a space to try to rebuild popular civil resistance’: An interview with Joseph Daher
Joseph Daher — Syria's future will depend on the ability of democratic and progressive groups to organise themselves in the face of both internal and external threats.
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Syria’s popular revolution and the extraordinary collapse of Assad’s genocidal regime
Michael Karadjis — There will be many struggles ahead, but for now Syrians are celebrating one of the most decisive and popular revolutions ever.
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Syria: The fall of the regime, the future of the country and Turkey’s war on the Kurds
Dave Holmes — The extremely rapid and unexpected fall of Syria’s Assad dictatorship is a political earthquake in the Middle East.