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This unique on the ground account provides the most up to date analysis of events in Syria, where in just eleven blistering days, a rebel offensive ended six decades of Baathist rule and shattered ...
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  • 15 September 2026
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This unique on the ground account provides the most up to date analysis of events in Syria, where in just eleven blistering days, a rebel offensive ended six decades of Baathist rule and shattered the Assad's grip on Syria. The speed of the collapse stunned observers – yet it was no sudden fall, but the climax of a revolution years in the making, born of repression and resistance.


The liberation brought celebrations and new found freedoms; however the cost has been staggering, the wounds still raw. As Syrians face an uncertain future, urgent questions remain: Will justice and reconciliation prevail, or will division, grievance and foreign interventions reignite the cycle of violence?

Blending analysis, reportage and personal testimony, The Blood Between Us captures a pivotal turning point for Syria and for the wider Middle East. Syrian/British journalist Robin Yassin-Kassab offers an urgent and textured portrait of a nation on the cusp, facing both immense risk and revolutionary promise.

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Price: $27.95
Pages: 352
Publisher: Saqi Books
Imprint: Saqi Books
Publication Date: 15 September 2026
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9781849251068
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: HISTORY / Middle East / Syria, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Middle Eastern history, Politics & government, International relations, Geopolitics
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Robin Yassin-Kassab is the author of The Road From Damascus, (Penguin) and of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, shortlisted for the 2017 Folio Prize. He has contributed to  Syria SpeaksShifting Sands, and Beta-Life: Stories from an A-Life Future. His journalism on Syria, and book reviews, have appeared at the Guardian, the National, Foreign Policy, the Daily Beast, Newsweek, al-Jazeera, and elsewhere. He has spoken widely on radio and TV including the BBC, Channel 4 and al-Jazeera.

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Acronyms/Glossary 

Timeline of Key Events 

Preface

 

1.       Eleven Days 

2.       Moving to the Centre

3.       Yesterday Revolution 

4.       Our Lives Count for Nothing 

5.       Some Blood Had to be Spilled 

6.       Sunni or Druze 

7.       Broken Bridges

8.       Militia-Land 

9.       Bani Umayya 

10.      From the Rubble

 

Afterword 

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

Index