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By Micah Halpern
Sunday June 28, 2009 I've Been Thinking: The Syrian newspaper Al Watan reports that 20% of Syrian families have no income. Syria is suffering from horrific economic conditions, even without the consequences of the drought. Syria is an autocratic dictatorship ruled by an Alowite minority that controls its citizens through a ruthless security police. President Assad stays in power by virtue of the power of his army. It is very difficult to predict the actions and behaviors of a country so severely, economically, stressed. Syria wants the benefits granted to more open societies and governments. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. 4 June 2017 12:13 PM in Thoughts
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