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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…
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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…
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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…
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Preparations continue for a long-discussed and long-awaited pivotal BRICS summit, the Johannesburg, South Africa Summit, in August 2023.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Over the past 12 years, extremists from the Syrian sides have wasted many opportunities to solve the Syrian crisis and to spare Syrians suffering, bloodshed, and destruction. We had said since September 2011: “Going to dialogue today will be with a…
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Positive developments continue at the international and regional levels, and there are indications that they will soon be reflected on the Syrian arena. While the general tendency is still constantly moving towards further retreat of the Western pow…
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The draft program of the People’s Will Party (PWP) was published for public discussion in the last issue of Kassioun (No. 1123). The program will be presented to the PWP’s 11th Conference, the second one after being registered, and it will be one of…