Civil war in Syria : mobilization and competing social orders / Adam Baczko, Gilles Dorronsoro, Arthur Quesnay.

In 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within months, repression forced them to take arms and set up their own institutions. Two years later, the inclusive nature of the opposition had collapsed, and the PKK and radical jihadist groups rose to prom...

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