Nearly the whole of the professional, intellectual, and government class has betrayed the cause of universal human liberty in our times. But among those who were supposed to be less susceptible were the people called libertarians. They fell too, and tragically so. This subject is especially salient to me because …
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Military-political escalation reflects division in Syrian opposition
Disputes among opposition factions in northwestern Syria have resurfaced after months of stagnation, when the Shamiya Front, a military faction affiliated with the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), announced it was suspending its work with the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) due to a conflict with its head, Abdulrahman Mustafa. The …
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In Syria’s border regions, changes in demographics, economics, and security mean that an inter-Syrian peace process will require consensus among main regional powers that Syria must remain united, that no one side can be victorious, and that perennial instability threatens the region. Summary Syria’s central authorities have lost sovereignty over …
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