Opposition Vows to Start Democracy after Assad Regime Falls
[Syria: Assad reportedly granted asylum in Moscow after government fallsOpens in new window] “My city was the last city to be free. The feelings are indescribable,” he said. “Events sped up dramatically. The revolution lasted for 13 years and the regime ended in less than 13 days.” ...
“Eventually the regime will confront the Kurds. It’s a matter of time,” said Ayham Kamel, head of the Middle East and North Africa department at Eurasia Group. Turkey opposes all moves toward Kurdish autonomy in Syria’s north, fearing it would embolden its...
While the Central Bank of Syria has always been, on paper, an independent institution, under Assad's regime the bank's policy decisions were de facto determined by the government. Syria's central bank, Sabreen added, was also looking at ways to expand Islamic banking fu...
People “in the U.S. and the U.K. conclude that every Syrian who is still in Syria is serving the regime propaganda.” They object to the notion that the war in Syria is about the rule of one person, Bashar al-Assad, adding “we refuse to use such political terminology as ‘regime...
However as it became clear that aiding the Syrian rebels was not achieving a quick overthrow of the Assad regime, the Saudis began to back off – much to the annoyance of the Qataris who had also been arming the rebels. Western powers had always been wary of doing this in case weapons...
the Syrian government hasblocked humanitarian aidto communities that support the opposition. Perhaps the Trump administration believes it has no other choice than to use military force to send a message to Damascus that we will not tolerate the Syrian regime’s behavior against all who oppose it....
"If Hama falls, it means that the beginning of the regime's fall has started," the monitor's chief, Rami Abdurrahman, said before the city was captured. Hama is infamous in modern Syrian history. In February 1982, government forces led by Rifaat al...
“I think that once this regime falls, the issue will be resolved, and there will no longer be a need for any foreign forces to remain in Syria.” “Syria deserves a governing system that is institutional, not one where a single ruler makes arbitrary decisions,” he added. The A...
Dossier justifying a strike on Syrian regime 'falls short' of evidence needed to convince Congress and UN. David Usborne reportsUsborne, David