Nir’s Notes

Mar. 18, 2004 By NIR BOMS & ERICK STAKELBECK Bashar Assad dodged another bullet by dispersing last weekend’s anti-government riots in northern Syria. And his Ba’ath Party continues to maintain a tyrannical grip over the lives of 22 million Syrians. For Syria’s democratic reformers, however, the widespread unrest may signify the calm before the storm.

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Baathist oppression lives on in Syria. March 25, 2004. By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck While the anti-government riots that raged throughout the Kurdish-populated areas of Syria for much of the past week and a half appear to have subsided as of Monday, the recent unrest may prove to be the calm before the storm [...]

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