The Blood Between Us
Syria After the Fall of Assad
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Saqi Books
Published:4th Jun '26
Should be back in stock very soon
In a matter of days, an intense rebel offensive brought down one of the world’s most entrenched regimes, ending the sixty-year Baathist dictatorship and the Assad family’s grip on Syria. The speed of the collapse stunned observers. Yet this was no sudden fall. It was the culmination of a revolution forged through years of protest, repression and resistance.
The fall triggered celebrations and freedoms Syrians had not experienced in decades. But the cost has been immense, and the wounds of violence are unresolved. As the country enters a precarious new phase, urgent questions remain: can justice be delivered and a fractured society rebuilt? Or will competing powers and unaddressed grievances pull Syria back into conflict?
Drawing on first-hand reporting and interviews across Syria, Robin Yassin-Kassab traces this pivotal moment through the lives of those who lived it. The Blood Between Us is a portrait of a country suspended between collapse and possibility – and a clear-eyed account of who will shape what comes next.
There are two ways to tell the story of Syria over the past few decades. One is a story of civil war, the other a story of revolution. In Yassin-Kassab's poignant and insightful book, he manages to tell both stories in a way that helps us appreciate what this moment in Syria means, make sense of its new rulers, and imagine where the country might be headed. The Blood Between Us is essential work that helps us understand Syria at the cusp of a new future.
-- Anand Gopal, author of Days of Love and Rage'The Blood Between Us is an invaluable account of Syria in the immediate aftermath of the Assad regime’s brutal dictatorship. Yassin-Kassab combines historical insight with first-hand observation to illuminate the formidable challenges the country faces as it seeks to rebuild within a volatile, war-scarred region.'
-- Philip S Khoury, Ford International Professor of History, MIT‘The Blood Between Us is an insightful summary of the revolution’s ups and downs and a granular account of the year after Assad’s fall … Written in limpid prose, it is compulsively readable. Hopeful without being naïve, apprehensive without being despairing.’
-- Syria DiISBN: 9781849251068
Dimensions: 234mm x 153mm x 22mm
Weight: 600g
352 pages