{"article":{"id":245953,"heading":"BTL:Religious and Class Divisions Stoke Popular Uprising in Syria","author":"Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http","created":"2011-05-20 10:14:03","modified":"2011-05-20 10:14:03","last_modified":"Fri, 20 May 2011 17:14:03","article":"<p>Religious and Class Divisions Stoke Popular Uprising in Syria <br><br> Interview with Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, conducted by Scott Harris  <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> The popular uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa which succeeded in ousting the governments in Tunisia and Egypt have for the past two months also unexpectedly taken hold in Syria. Although western journalists have not been permitted into Syria to report on police attacks on demonstrations, more than 850 civilians are estimated to have been killed, with at least 8,000 arrested.   <br><br> Story continues <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btlonline.org\/2011\/seg\/110527af-btl-landis.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.btlonline.org\/2011\/seg\/110527af-btl-landis.html<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"mail(AT)btlonline(DOT)org","link":"Between the Lines c\/o Squeaky Wheel Productions P.O. Box 110176 Trumbull, CT 06611","address":"Between the Lines c\/o Squeaky Wheel Productions P.O. Box 110176 Trumbull, CT 06611","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Interview with Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, conducted by Scott Harris","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2011\/05\/245953.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}