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Proxy war and class politics
Excellent report I missed from two years ago focused on how local Syrian class dynamics affected proxy patronage, in particular the Saudi vs. Qatari rivalry. The last two sections (“The Syrian Proxy War: 2011–2016,” and “Case Study: The Proxy War in Manbij”) are among particularly of note. H/T Lars Hauch
By early 2013, the loc…
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