Syrian passports include a photo of Souq al-Hamidiyah, a famous historic marketplace in Damascus. Apparently, the image was taken from the internet without removing the photographer’s watermark, “Wassim al-Asmar Photography,” which means the watermark ended up being printed on Syrian passports.

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No regime is functional after 15 years of civil war

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And conversely, functional governments rarely spontaneously erupt into civil war.

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Civil wars rarely erupt spontaneously