Rebels took over Damascus quickly, but the uprising has been decades in the making
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Rebels took over Damascus quickly, but the uprising has been decades in the making

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Rebels took over Damascus quickly, but the uprising has been decades in the making Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mazen Gharibah of the London School of Economics about internal opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which started long before his ouster this month. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last week sent shock waves through the world. In a way, this uprising was decades in the making, going back to when Bashar al-Assad's father, Hafez al-Assad, ran the country. That's why many Syrians, if not most, are demanding a U.N.-facilitated nonsectarian inclusive political process in line with the U.N. Security Council Resolution 2254 - which is the main framework of action for the transitional period in Syria - in order to guarantee an inclusive constitution that will give rights to every Syrian men and women - regardless of their religion, ethnicity, language - to safeguard and to steer the country towards some sort of a representative democracy.

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