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المشهد
Syria's Revenge Spiral
Syria is witnessing a rise in family and tribal violence, as disputes over inheritance and longstanding vendettas have turned into armed clashes in Deir ez-Zor, Qamishli, and Aleppo. Reports have documented 150 incidents since the beginning of the year, leaving 126 people dead and at least 258 injured. Researcher Mudhar al-Asaad attributed the rise in disputes to accumulated vendettas and blood feuds, conflicts over inheritance and property, political and military divisions within families, as well as drugs, the proliferation of uncontrolled weapons, and declining educational standards. He said that the weakening of judicial and security institutions after 2011, along with the involvement of militias and armed groups in these disputes, had undermined the law’s ability to contain them and deepened divisions—even within the same family.
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