BRIEF: Suwayda student exam dispute highlights ongoing distrust with Damascus

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The Damascus–Suwayda relationship remains characterized by mutual distrust, with Damascus seeking to reassert administrative and security authority while local factions continue to resist measures perceived as extending government control. This was most recently exemplified in the examination dispute, in which Damascus authorities sought to hold exams for Suwayda students in government-controlled northern Suwayda—a move that met resistance from the National Guard and some Suwayda residents. Ultimately, of approximately 1,700 students registered across the two certificate tracks, just 130 stude…