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Yassin al-Haj Saleh

A Syrian journalist and writer, Yassin al-Haj Saleh spent time in prison in his country from 1980 to 1996.

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“Don’t Rush The Revolution”

by Yassin al-Haj Saleh

15 June 2005

On Monday, the Baath Party of Syria began its 10th Congress. The second one since Bachar El Assad seized power in 2000, but the first since the collapse of the Iraqi Baath. This congress will determine Syria’s future to a large extent, whether towards an opening or towards recoiling in itself. (…)