{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"Syria, a new transition for its people - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"16UWf3QDxk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2025\/01\/10\/syria-a-new-transition-for-its-people\/\">Syria, a new transition for its people<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2025\/01\/10\/syria-a-new-transition-for-its-people\/embed\/#?secret=16UWf3QDxk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Syria, a new transition for its people&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"16UWf3QDxk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/alepo_portada.png","thumbnail_width":1536,"thumbnail_height":1152,"description":"The frustrating socio-economic situation prompted Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit seller, to set himself on fire as a symbol of protest in Tunisia. As a trigger for an unbearable reality, the Arab population rose up in many countries to protest against autocracy and demand rights and justice. In March 2011, in Syria, some children were arrested and tortured for drawing graffiti against the then-president, Bashar al-Assad, on the wall of their school in Daraa. Popular outrage turned into widespread protests against the regime, demanding the release of political prisoners and reforms of all kinds for the country. Given how quickly their counterparts in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt fell, al-Assad&#8217;s response was repression, which degenerated into a bloody civil war that continues to this day. &nbsp; Bashar al-Assad is the son of Hafez al-Assad, Syria&#8217;s dictator since the 1971 coup. The regime&#8217;s ideology is based on the Ba&#8217;ath party, which is rooted in Arab socialism, nationalism and pan-Arabism. Its name could be translated as \u2018renaissance\u2019, alluding to the revival of Arab nations after independence from Western powers. To understand this, it is necessary to go back to colonial history, when a logic of territorial and border division alien to the Arab ..."}