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The Idiot’s Guide to Fighting Dictatorship in Syria While Opposing Military Intervention

by Bassam Haddad June 25, 2012September 23, 2020

By Bassam Haddad. [Writing this in Beirut is apt, where there is a deep polarization between those who would die for the Syrian regime and those who just want it to die, at any cost. Those who do not support either position “as is” are dubbed cowards and opportunists by both sides, as well as […]

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Hizballah, Development, and the Political Economy of Pain: For Syria, What is “Left” (Part 3-Final)

by Bassam Haddad June 13, 2012September 23, 2020
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Multiparty Democracy Demanded in Syria

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Syria: Threat of Force and Chaos Keeps Most People off Streets

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