Kassioun Editorial 1263: Electric Darkness and Social Injustice
Syrians are gradually emerging from the state of shock caused by the new electricity bills, and are beginning to express—through various and escalating forms—their intense dissatisfaction and rejection of the astronomical increase in electricity pri…
Kassioun Editorial 1262: The New Electricity Bills Unite Syrians
The new electricity bills have reached Syrian households, igniting what little patience people had left. Silent complaints have turned into open anger at the logic of unjust collection from the pockets of ordinary people—some of whom stated plainly…
Kassioun Editorial 1261: No Solution Except by Moving Beyond the “Leading Party” Mentality
Decree No. 13, issued last Friday, 16 January 2026, concerning the Kurdish issue in Syria—in parallel with practical agreements on the ground between the government and the SDF—has created a positive atmosphere in a country starving for an end to…
Kassioun Editorial 1260: “Illicit Enrichment” and Transitional Justice
The agreement signed by Mohammad Hamsho last Wednesday, 7 January 2026, with the “National Committee for Combating Illicit Enrichment” sparked widespread—and justified—anger among the Syrian public. The agreement appeared to justify and legitimize “…
Kassioun Editorial 1259: What the Venezuelan Incident Means
On the surface, what happened in Venezuela appears to be a victory for the US—the strong, dominant power that strikes wherever and whenever it wishes and imposes its will by various means, including iron and fire, military coups, and criminality.…
Kassioun Editorial 1258: “Thieves! Thieves!”
On February 17, 2011, in Damascus’s al-Hariqa market—before any foreign interventions, before any influx of money or weapons, and as a natural, spontaneous result of the accumulated oppression, injustice, and anger—crowds of Syrians chanted in the f…
Kassioun Editorial 1257: Trump and Netanyahu Will Both Be Gone… Golan is Syrian, and Will Remain So!
Last Thursday, December 19, while celebrating “Hanukkah” at the White House, Trump made a number of statements regarding the occupied Syrian Golan, boasting that he had “given it to Israel”, describing it as land rich enough to be worth trillions…
Kassioun Editorial 1256: The Opportunity Exists; Its Key is Internal!
Despite the great efforts to create a festive atmosphere around the current Syrian situation, it seems – according to the popular saying – like “sprinkling sugar on death”. The facts are clear and stark about the depth of the accumulated…
Kassioun Editorial 1255: A Year Since Assad’s Fall
“Today, a dark page in the history of Syria and the Syrian people has been turned. It was a page in which an entire people were squeezed into its narrow margins, enduring every form of suffering, oppression, deprivation, pain, displacement,…
Kassioun Editorial 1254: The Most Important Weapon of Mass Destruction: Sectarianism!
Over the past weeks, the noise of sectarian rhetoric—both in its “peaceful” and violent forms—has grown louder. This has been accompanied by an intensified division of Syrians into opposing and polarized groups, through demonstrations and marches, r…
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