Syria's nightmare: the view from the country's communists
Ben Chacko asks NIZAR TRABULSI of the now banned Syrian Communist Party (Unified) to explain the country’s turbulent, and violent, post-Assad scene
Burnt cars remain in the middle of a street following the recent wave of violence between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad, as well as subsequent sectarian attacks, in the town of Jableh, Syria’s coastal region, March 10, 2025 Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swept to power in Syria surprisingly quickly following a civil war of well over a decade. Was this because the previous Assad government had lost all support? Were there other reasons?