POLI 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Real Change, De Jure, Damascus Spring
6 Nov 2013
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Eruption of protest in syria decision of assad regime to use heavy-handed repression did like libya and yemen. But has not elicited foreign intervention continued israeli occupation of palestine aftereffects of 2003 us iraq invasion crisis of governance in lebanon most mashreq countries not oil producers (only iraq and syria) much higher degree of societal heterogeneity. Lebanon divided along sectarian lines religion and ethnicity gained significance as pol. markers in iraq, syria, and jordan. West bank and gaza division b/w secular and religious palestinians for pol. purposes. Violent uprising: syria most repressive police state unlikely candidate to follow tunisia and egypt starts march 19, 2011 southern city of daraa protests spread to latakia, engulf homs and hama, trigger fighting in the capital, damascus. Assad blames it on foreign conspirators and said protests had an israeli agenda mid-april assad brings 48 years of emergency law to an end too late.
