Space fragmentation in Syria Space fragmentation in Syria: rampant communitarianism ; La fragmentation spatiale en Syrie La fragmentation spatiale en Syrie: un communautarisme rampant
National audience Bashar El Assad Syria is undergoing territorial changes at all scales leading to increasingly fragmented national territory. This process is a direct consequence of the planning policy of the previous period, designed as a means of political control and not of development. The disengagement of the State and some liberalisation of the economy over the last ten years have therefore led to a process of fragmentation of the national territory. Internal rivalries in the ruling Aaluite caste since the death of Hafez El Assad in June 2000 have weakened the central state. This power vacancy is felt by the outskirts who expressed their violent discontent, such as the Druzes in the summer of 2000 and the Kurds in March 2004. ; Syria of Bashar El Assad is confronting to territorial changes on all the scales which lead to an increasingly acute fragmentation of the own territory. This process is the direct consequence of the policy of regional planning of the previous period, conceived like a political means of control and not of development. The disengagement of the State and a certain liberalization of the economy since ten years thus engaged a process of fragmentation of the own territory. The internal competitions within the alawi group since the death of Hafez El Assad in June 2000, weakened the central State. This vacancy of the pwer is felt by the peripheries which violently expressed their dissatisfaction, such Druses during the summer 2000 and the Kurds in March 2004. ; National audience Bashar El Assad Syria is undergoing territorial changes at all scales leading to increasingly fragmented national territory. This process is a direct consequence of the planning policy of the previous period, designed as a means of political control and not of development. The disengagement of the State and some liberalisation of the economy over the last ten years have therefore led to a process of fragmentation of the national territory. Internal rivalries in the ruling Aaluite caste since the death of Hafez El ...