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Re:Startup Weekend Damascus by mortyseinfeld on Saturday December 21, 2013 @10:25PM (#6949189)
This might sound like a weird question that I don't expect to be answered, but I was wondering "what side" these guys are on? I'm not making a judgement for one side or the other, because I think there are bad actors on at least two of the sides.
Re:Startup Weekend Damascus by iraq on Sunday December 22, 2013 @12:13AM (#6949460)
Based on the choice of venue, and the fact that it's been posted openly on the internet, I think the best assessment one can estimate is "superficially loyalist; respectfully apolitical."

The location:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.4918,36.236713

Note the proximity to the presidential palace:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.518374,36.252866