Syria's Age of Revolution: Peaceful Protest to Armed Struggle
Toby Dodge: "They are two separate conflicts, one driven by the incompetence and repression of the government in Damascus, one driven by the incompetence and repression of the government in Baghdad."
On tonight's Newsnight, attacking the view that they are all part of some region-wide sectarian war.
I wasn't planning on going out anywhere on Monday, but this might tempt me:
"Professor Yezid Sayigh will explore the nature of Syria’s revolution, its armed rebellion, and its opposition. He will reflect in particular on the drivers and dynamics of armed struggle and its impacts, placing this in comparative perspective with other historical experiences and anticipating likely trajectories going forward."