'Traitors': Why Armed Opposition Fails to Win Hearts and Minds of Syrians
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Contrary to common belief, fuelled by the US and EU mainstream media, the Syrian armed opposition has little support among ordinary Syrians who regard them as "traitors," Olga Nakkas, a Syrian-born film director told Sputnik. Syria has long been a secular state committed to religious pluralism and must remain secular, she underscored.