Syria’s Transition: The Media Sideshow The lightning rod offensive that toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad invoked memories of the trajectories that manifested when dictators were ousted in Iraq in 2003, and rebellious countries joined the Arab Spring in 2011. Despite severed diplomatic relations and no government-to-government contact, dozens of Western news agencies and journalists […]
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