05/05/2026
The Syrian Coast: A Regime of Massacres and the Invention of the Internal Enemy — How Is Social Fragmentation Reproduced?
At a moment when Syria appears, formally, to be emerging from one phase of conflict only to plunge into another, the situation in the coastal region reveals that the roots of the crisis have not been uprooted, but rather reshaped into a more fragile and dangerous form. There, existential fear intersects with sectarian incitement, both feeding on an unresolved legacy of violence and on a socio-economic reality that drives further disintegration....
At a moment when Syria appears, formally, to be emerging from one phase of conflict only to plunge into another, the situation in the coastal region reveals