
Syria’s Future After the Massacre in Sweida
Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has been feted by establishment media as an ex-radical gone moderate. Yet massacres of civilians by government forces disturb the rosy picture of a return to peace.
Malek Rasamny is a researcher, writer, and filmmaker. He is the cofounder of the multimedia research project the Native and the Refugee. He is also codirector of the feature film Spaces of Exception and coauthor of the book The Mohawk Warrior Society. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Paris Nanterre University.
Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has been feted by establishment media as an ex-radical gone moderate. Yet massacres of civilians by government forces disturb the rosy picture of a return to peace.