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Anand Gopal is cautiously optimistic. Much has happened in Syria since he completed the research for Days of Love and Rage, a sprawling non-fiction narrative about a city’s remarkable efforts to resist the rule of Bashar al-Assad. Covering the city of Manbij’s political and social life from Assad’s rise in 2000 to his regime’s collapse […]
On Aug. 28, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s published a message to the Iranian people. The most striking thing about the text was not his calls for investment, domestic production or reduced reliance on the dollar. It may be his warning against open discussion of Iran’s weaknesses. Khamenei said highlighting those weaknesses could boost the […]
Earlier this month, the U.S. did something that would have been unimaginable a few years earlier: It removed Syria from the State Sponsor of Terrorism list. Paired with earlier moves to lift sanctions, the decision was framed as a move “to promote Syria’s economic recovery and reintegration into the global economy.” Few actions could have […]
