On April 29, armed men attacked a popular nightclub in Damascus, sparking fears of a return to sectarian repression in Syria. The assaults, carried out by men in new Syrian regime uniforms, have raised concerns about personal freedoms under the Islamist leadership that ousted Bashar al-Assad. The attacks on nightclubs are part of a series of violent incidents that have tested the new leadership's commitment to multicultural tolerance.
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