🔁Mario Nawfal:
🚨🇸🇾 SYRIA’S FRAGILE TRANSITION: LESSONS FROM THE ARAB SPRING
Two weeks after Assad’s dramatic exit, Syria stands at the edge of a tightrope—and the safety net is full of holes.
In Yemen, a power-sharing deal turned into a game of “Who’s the Bigger Warlord?” Saleh, the ousted leader, teamed up with rebels, plunging the country into a civil war and humanitarian disaster.
Libya took chaos to an art form after Gadhafi’s fall, with militias, rival governments, and foreign powers ensuring nobody gets along. NATO’s involvement? A one-way ticket to a never-ending power vacuum.
Sudan’s military played the democracy card, then ripped it up and started fighting itself, leaving hunger and displacement in its wake.
Tunisia, the “model student” of the Arab Spring, flunked out when Kais Saied turned democracy into a one-man show. Opponents? Locked up. Parliament? Bye-bye. Constitution? His rules now.
Egypt? The military turned one revolution into a reset to Mubarak 2.0, with President el-Sissi tightening control, silencing critics, and shrugging off the idea of free speech.
For Syria, extremist factions, Kurdish autonomy struggles, and Alawite fears of payback loom large. If they’re not careful, they’ll just be the latest entry on the Arab Spring’s list of “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?”
Source: AP
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🚨🇸🇾 SYRIA’S FRAGILE TRANSITION: LESSONS FROM THE ARAB SPRING
Two weeks after Assad’s dramatic exit, Syria stands at the edge of a tightrope—and the safety net is full of holes.
In Yemen, a power-sharing deal turned into a game of “Who’s the Bigger Warlord?” Saleh, the ousted leader, teamed up with rebels, plunging the country into a civil war and humanitarian disaster.
Libya took chaos to an art form after Gadhafi’s fall, with militias, rival governments, and foreign powers ensuring nobody gets along. NATO’s involvement? A one-way ticket to a never-ending power vacuum.
Sudan’s military played the democracy card, then ripped it up and started fighting itself, leaving hunger and displacement in its wake.
Tunisia, the “model student” of the Arab Spring, flunked out when Kais Saied turned democracy into a one-man show. Opponents? Locked up. Parliament? Bye-bye. Constitution? His rules now.
Egypt? The military turned one revolution into a reset to Mubarak 2.0, with President el-Sissi tightening control, silencing critics, and shrugging off the idea of free speech.
For Syria, extremist factions, Kurdish autonomy struggles, and Alawite fears of payback loom large. If they’re not careful, they’ll just be the latest entry on the Arab Spring’s list of “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?”
Source: AP
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