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Kassioun Editorial 1301: The Syrian Popular Movement Is Advancing… Who Will Engage It?

Turning from the global scene—where popular mobilization intensified over the past week—to Syria, the most notable development over the past week has been the growing presence of protest movements and the widening range of their demands and forms. These have extended from demands concerning livelihoods and public services to objections against decisions affecting rights and property, and ultimate…
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Kassioun Editorial 1300: The Second Global Wave Has Only Just Begun!

At the same time, over the past two weeks, the protest movement has spread to Belgium, Albania, Italy, and Portugal. There are clear indica…
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Kassioun Editorial 1297: “Thieves… Thieves”

First: It is a peaceful movement that has learned from the lessons of the past. It therefore categorically and unequivocally rejects violen…
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Kassioun Editorial 1295: Fuel Price Hikes Are New Fuel for Social Explosion

According to the data available during the same period in which the government made this decision, the average increase in global oil price…
Sep 6, 2026
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Kassioun Editorial 1294: Stop Assad’s Legacy in the Expropriation Issue!

In principle, expropriation is a right granted by law to the state to take private property for the purpose of implementing a project that serves the public interest, in return for compensation to its owners. However, what happened in Syria is that expropriations were transformed into a means through which the state could seize citizens’ properties, while many projects remained suspended for year…
Aug 30, 2026
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Kassioun Editorial 1293: “Integration” – A Step Forward That Must Be Completed

On the day the March 10 Agreement was announced, the People’s Will Party issued a press statement expressing its position on the agreement. It stated, among other things: “At the People’s Will Party, while we view this agreement very positively and see it as an important step toward thwarting the intentions and plans for partition pursued by ‘Israel’, we emphasize that this effort must be reinfo…
Aug 16, 2026
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Kassioun Editorial 1291: Grand Corruption and Real Change

  In this context, a number of necessary conclusions need to be firmly established: First: Those who should be subject to “transitional justice” are not limited to those whose hands were directly stained with the blood of Syrians. They must also include those who plundered the fruits of Syrians’ labor for decades, contributed to pushing the country toward internal fighting, financed and incited…
Aug 9, 2026
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Kassioun Editorial 1290: “The Mecca Alliance” And the New Regional Order

The main narrative this media machine is trying to promote is that this alliance is a “Sunni alliance against Shiite Iran”. Some outlets go even further, claiming that this alliance is the first step toward a broader alliance that would eventually become an Islamic / “Israeli” NATO. To put matters in their proper context, it is necessary to recall the following: First: When the “Abraham Accor…
Aug 2, 2026
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Kassioun Editorial 1289: How Should the Protest Movement Be Engaged?!

Various sources had previously documented up to 80 protest actions during the months of February, March, and April. This indicates, at least numerically, that the general trend of the protest movement is toward escalation and deepening, both horizontally and vertically. The political report presented to the third meeting of the Central Council of the People’s Will Party on 18 July 2026 noted tha…
Jul 26, 2026
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Kassioun Editorial 1288: What is the significance of Guterres’s visit?

Naturally, the visit is not merely a protocol or publicity event. It is well known that the UN Secretary-General’s various activities require at least a minimum level of consensus among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council: the US, China, Russia, the UK, and France. In this sense, the visit reflects a shared concern among the permanent members regarding the current situation in…