“More Tribal, More Sectarian, More Crony Capitalist Than Ever” Bashar al-Assad has started confiscating the homes of Syrians who fled during the Civil War. For decades, his clan has purged the state of all but the most fanatical loyalists: now, it’s doing the same to society itself.

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