Houmam al-Sayed (Syria), Namle, 2012. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. One of the most stunning events of the past few months has been the fall of Damascus. This fall had initially been expected over a decade ago, when rebel armies funded by Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the United States crowded around the edges of Syria and threatened then President Bashar al-Assad’s government. These armies, backed by rich and powerful countries, were comprised of a range of actors, including: Despite the failure of…
