ArticlesFrom the Potomac to the EuphratesWeekend ReadingShareWeekend ReadingBy experts and staffPublishedApril 15, 2011 3:47 a.m.Steven A. CookCFR ExpertEni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa StudiesSharePeople buy sweets at Souk al-Hamidieh in Damascus‘ old downtown (Khaled Al Hariri/Courtesy Reuters)