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Syrian Alawites: Between Power and Marginalization

Since the Syrian revolution, Alawites have been trapped within two contradictory discourses: one that reduces them to an extension of the ruling regime and another that demands their liberation from its repressive legacy, Samar Yazbek argues.

Salih Muslim: No Disarmament Without Careful Consideration

Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called for the group’s disarmament and dissolution, marking a potential turning point in its decades-long conflict with Turkey.

The Conference That Buried National Dialogue

The conference’s final communiqué was deliberately vague, omitting key terms like democracy and political pluralism,Hussam Miro argues on the Constitutional Party website.

Revisiting the Syrian National Dialogue Conference

The issue of representation will continue to be a major concern for any political gathering aimed at shaping Syria’s future, Marwan Qabalan argues in Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.