Kassioun Editorial 1136: Nominal Increase and Actual Decrease
The share of wages in the national income is divided into two main items: the wages/salaries block and the subsidy block. Any talk of increasing wages should consider these two items together.
Kassioun Editorial 1135: “Drought Prayer” for War!
In recent days, an organized media-political and psychological campaign has been taking place, in which extremists in both the regime and the opposition alike are participating, as if one central button had been pushed.
Kassioun Editorial 1134: Sooner or Later, the Popular Movement Will Return!
The Syrian atmosphere is in a state of pent-up anger accompanied by cautious anticipation. People’s living conditions have reached unbearable limits. Additionally, the processes of lifting subsidies and the state’s withdrawal from playing any social…
Kassioun Editorial 1133: Neither the Government Governs nor the People’s Assembly Legislates!
The tension and uproar that took place last week about the exchange rate, the living situation, the extraordinary session of the People’s Assembly, and the government’s behavior during it, reflect a deep crisis whose roots go back to 2005. That year…
Kassioun Editorial 1132: Sarouja and the Attempt to Assassinate Syrians’ Spirit!
Sarouja’s tragedy (a fire that burned down a significant part of a neighborhood in Old Damascus on July 16) is being approached from several angles, all of which have in common attempts to overlook the essence of the issue, and even work to cover an…
Kassioun Editorial 1131: In Syria, Silencing with Hunger!
In July 2021, the minimum wage in Syria was increased to 71,000 Syrian pounds (SYP). Now, two years later, it has reached 93,000 SYP. Let’s look at this “increase” from the perspective of the SYP’s purchasing power and the exchange rate against the…
Kassioun Editorial 1130: What Will the World Look Like Post-BRICS 2023?
Preparations continue for a long-discussed and long-awaited pivotal BRICS summit, the Johannesburg, South Africa Summit, in August 2023.
Kassioun Editorial 1129: About 2254 Once Again, but Not the Last Time!
Over the last two weeks, after publishing Kassioun’s editorial 1127, dated June 19 and titled “Restoring and Strengthening National Sovereignty: 2254”, in response to which several articles and opinions were published; some explicitly stated they we…
Kassioun Editorial 1128: Astana’s Next Mission!
More than four years ago, the People’s Will Party (PWP) called on the Astana track to take the lead in the political solution, regardless of the West, and in spite of it if necessary. Among many examples, it is sufficient to refer in this context to…
Kassioun Editorial 1127: Restoring and Strengthening National Sovereignty: 2254
Extremists within the Syrian sides continue to attach UNSC Resolution 2254 using various means and pretexts, in both direct and devious ways, some even completely contradictory. There are those who say that the resolution is much less than what is r…