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Tariq Aziza is a Syrian writer and researcher born in Latakia in 1982, currently residing in Germany. He holds a law degree from the University of Damascus (2006). Previously, he worked as a researcher at the " the Democratic Republic Center for the Studies" and as a professor of contemporary political history at the "French Institute of the Near East / IFPO" in Beirut. He has been published in numerous newspapers, magazines, and online platforms. Tariq has authored several books, including: The Black Hole: Papers from the Files of Islamists in the Syrian Revolution (2022), Secularism (2014), and Jabhat al-Nusra for the People of Sham: Al-Qaeda in Its Syrian Version (2013).

A State or a Factional Authority in Syria?

Supporters of the transitional authority in Syria tend to talk about it in terms of “the state did,” “the state promised,” and “the state acted,” much like supporters of the former regime previously equated power with the state, as if they were one and the same. However, the facts confirm that factionalism prevails and that […]