Towards a new Arab cultural revolution

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3. I started reading the article but was puzzled by a statement the author made about Syria.

"The region already exists in a state of low intensity war: Saudi Arabia and Qatar, bolstered by Turkey and the West, seem ready to stop at nothing to violently overthrow a fellow Arab head of state, President Bashar al-Assad - and to do whatever they can to hurt Iran."

I have two questions, Isn't Assad the person responsible for most of the violence in Syria and what is our country's role in his ouster. It would seem like a good ideal for him to leave office but I do not expect anyone better will take his place.

I plan on reading the whole article but any context would help.