The View From Damascus – Sectarian Tensions, State Complicity, and the Marginalisation of Minorities in Post-Assad Syria - The Syrian Observer

Fighting in Damascus Exposes Syria’s Sectarian Tensions

Crisis Group expert Nanar Hawach on the roots of violence that has affected Druze communities and drawn in Israel

The View From Damascus – Sectarian Tensions, State Complicity, and the Marginalisation of Minorities in Post-Assad Syria - The Syrian Observer

The eruption of violence in Ashrafiyet Sahnaya and surrounding areas has exposed the profound failures of the Syrian state to protect its citizens—especially its minorities—in the supposed aftermath of dictatorship. Far from being an isolated flare-up, the events represent a deepening crisis rooted in sectarian marginalisation, government negligence, and a security apparatus that has once again proven more adept at repression than protection. I.…

Syria After Assad: A Future Beyond Authoritarian Rule?

In late April, Democracy in Exile brought together Syrian writers and scholars for a wide-ranging discussion about the country's future after the collapse of the Assad regime. The online panel followed a recent Roundtable in Democracy in Exile on the threats to Syria's political transition—from how to rebuild a country in ruins to whether the new authorities in Damascus can contain sectarian reprisals. Lina Sergie Attar, a Syrian-American archit…

Ankawa.com/Rudaw Digital The US State Department has affirmed that the United States wants to see Syria “focus on human rights, on people, and on ethnic minorities,” emphasizing the need to “not allow foreign terrorists to play official roles in Syria, and to renounce terrorism in all its forms.” State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mignon Houston said in an interview with Rudaw Media Network: “We want to see Syria respect human rights,” noting …