If there is to be any future for Syria (or Iraq) it will be as a confederation. Here is an important essay, by Ofir Haivry and Yoram Hazony, on the context of a Druze autonomous region: http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/191891/druze-israel-syria?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=bdb2dba2d7-Sunday_July_12_20157_10_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-bdb2dba2d7-207076705
