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The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

When I visited Maaloula in southwest Syria in 2016, the Jabhat Al-Nusra (the predecessor of the Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham jihadis ...

While the fall of the Assad dynasty represents an epochal turning point for Syrians, the future remains in all senses ...

The fall of more than 60 years of Ba’ath Party rule in Syria — 50 of those years under the Assad family, father and son — is a watershed moment for the Middle East. Even so, many of Assad ...

In our analysis of Syria, we observe that the conflict initially surfaced within the Alawite community, then escalated within the Ba’ath Party, and ultimately extended to divisions within ...

Syria’s ruling Ba’ath party and the Assad family dynasty heavily curtailed all aspects of daily life, including freedom of the press and expression with the media a tool of those in power.

After a coup d'etat, the Ba'ath Party came to power -- and remains in ... was another Nazi who was offered refuge by Syria. Cohen participated in an attempt to target Brunner as well.

Syria's Jewish population dwindles to nine ... In the 1960s and 1970s, the Ba’ath Party began taking control of the banks and carried out a systematic campaign of antisemitism.

Syria, under the rule of the Assads, had a complicated relationship with the terms development and sovereignty. For instance, while the Ba’ath Party ruled with an iron fist, it ensured ...

Taiwan’s martial law period is the second longest lasting martial law after Syria’s Ba’ath party dictatorship (1963 to 2011). Prior to 1949, the KMT also had enforced versions of martial law in China ...