Syria after the election and the betrayal of Western values - opinion
The political exclusion of Syria’s democratic and secular forces, including Kurdish and Druze communities, is concerning.
VOTES ARE counted for candidates in the election of a new Syrian parliament, in Aleppo, last Sunday. It does not mark a new beginning, just a continuation of authoritarian power under a new leadership, the writer maintains.(photo credit: REUTERS/MAHMOUD HASSANO)ByAHMED MARDIN