PrintThe question of what to call the conflict in Syria that has now resulted in the overthrow of the Assad regime long attracted controversy. For some, calling the conflict a 'civil war' detracted from the courage of the uprising against the regime and suggested some sort of moral equivalency between the regime and the uprising. Therefore, the only acceptable term was 'revolution.' During a visit to the Azaz area in northern Syria in 2014, I remember fighters of the Northern Storm Brigade raising the issue of terminology.
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