Written on the walls of Sednaya prison, the words: "The Syrian people cannot be humiliated. The revolution of freedom and dignity has triumphed." (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)
The Free Patriotic Movement has come under fire again in recent days, both from the political opposition and from people online. With the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime and Lebanese missing in Syria back in the spotlight, former president Michel Aoun is facing heavy criticism for having failed to resolve this issue, even though his improved relations with the Baathist regime after his return from exile gave him a head start over the others. Blaming the Aounists is all the more significant given that thousands of political prisoners held in Syrian jails have been released, including only nine Lebanese in all out of more than 600 missing in Syria. The majority of these had "disappeared" in the wake of the operation of Oct. 13, 1990, when the Syrian army marched on the presidential palace in Baabda, forcing Aoun, who had lived in the...
The Free Patriotic Movement has come under fire again in recent days, both from the political opposition and from people online. With the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime and Lebanese missing in Syria back in the spotlight, former president Michel Aoun is facing heavy criticism for having failed to resolve this issue, even though his improved relations with the Baathist regime after his return from exile gave him a head start over the others. Blaming the Aounists is all the more significant given that thousands of political prisoners held in Syrian jails have been released, including only nine Lebanese in all out of more than 600 missing in Syria. The majority of these had "disappeared" in the wake of the operation of Oct. 13, 1990, when the Syrian army marched on the presidential palace in Baabda, forcing Aoun, who had lived in the...