Voice of the People?

Sheikh Nawaf Bashir, head of the Baqara tribe from Deyr az-Zour and former member of the Damascus Declaration, acts frustrated when he receives a phone call to organize yet another conference in Istanbul: “Abu Ja’far… another conference! What’s this conference for? Why do we keep on organizing conferences, if there is no international support?!” One year has passed since the beginning of Syria’s uprising, and Turkey has been providing opportunities for numerous Syrian oppositi...

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