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On Syria’s Support For Resistance

April 4, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui

Lamis Andoni:

Under Bashar al-Assad, the regime has continued to use its ‘’resistance’’ status to justify the suppression of free expression and the stifling of the opposition. But, it may now be time to seriously examine Syria’’s claim to be a state of resistance — and consequently more legitimate than other Arab regimes and dictators.

Here article does exactly that.