Sam Dagher

“Bit by bit, the uprising that had brought out the best in Syrians and projected their aspirations and yearnings was vanishing as pain, vengefulness, and war took over. It was yet another page from the playbook of Hafez as well as all the despots who clung desperately to power at the start of the Arab Spring: civil war is acceptable and even desirable to defend the leader.”
― Sam Dagher, Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria