| ID | 115074 |
| Title Proper | Lines in the sand |
| Other Title Information | Assad plays the sectarian card |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Diehl, Jackson |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | On March 6, 2011, a group of fifteen schoolboys in the southern Syrian town of Daraa were arrested by local security forces. Aged ten to fifteen, the boys were caught spray-painting the slogan "As Shaab Yoreed Eskaat el nizam!"-"The people want to topple the regime!" They had taken the words from satellite television coverage of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol. 175, No.1; May-Jun 2012: p.7-15 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US Vol. 175, No.1; May-Jun 2012: p.7-15 |
| Key Words | Syria ; Daraa ; Assad ; Sunni Sheikh ; Damascus ; Sectarianism ; Al Qaeda ; Shiite Islam ; Middle East |