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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)


A Revolution without a Thinker or Leader

A Revolution without a Thinker or Leader

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Opinion

We do not know what Bashar al-Assad was thinking of when he asked who is the Syrian revolution’s “thinker” or “leader”. Was he thinking of the French or Russian revolutions, or was he perhaps considering the 8th March revolution in Syria? If he was thinking of the...