Archive for 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Moroccan ex-Guantánamo Detainee Mohammed Mizouz Identified In Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, December 22nd, 2013

All this talk about Assad staying…

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, December 22nd, 2013

Administrative Update plus Round-Up

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, December 19th, 2013

“Why Syria’s Kurds are beating Al Qaeda,” By Balint Szlanko

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Battle in East Ghouta, Damascus: Rebels Claim to kill 800 Syrian Army Soldiers

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 16th, 2013

Zahran Alloush: His Ideology and Beliefs

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 15th, 2013

The Names of the Revolution

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, December 14th, 2013

“Al-Qaeda’s Governance Strategy in Raqqa,” by Chris Looney

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 8th, 2013

The Work of Fabrice Balanche on Alawites and Syrian Communitarianism reviewed by Nikolaos van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 30th, 2013

The death of Abdelqader Saleh

Posted by Aron Lund on Sunday, November 17th, 2013

Notes on the Growing Struggle between ISIS, Nusra/Ahrar, and other factions of the FSA

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 17th, 2013

Syrian Army Retakes important towns in Aleppo, Homs and Damascus. Both Salah and Salameh, leaders of largest Aleppo militia, wounded.

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 15th, 2013

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi: More On The Druze Militias in Southern Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 15th, 2013

Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi: The Druze Militias of Southern Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Recapitalising the Syrian Banking System: Costs and Challenges

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, November 11th, 2013

Syria’s Top Five Insurgent Leaders

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Lashes out at Critics (30 September 2013)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 30th, 2013

“Syrian Chemical Weapons & the Possibility of Ending the Civil War,” by William R Polk

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 29th, 2013

Islamist Groups Declare Opposition to National Coalition and US Strategy [updated]

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, September 24th, 2013

Aymenn al-Tamimi Speaks to Ali Kayali and Profiles “The Syrian Resistance,” a Pro-Assad Militia Force

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, September 22nd, 2013

Are the Islamic Courts of Aleppo run by al-Nusra? Aron Lund Answers

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

Jabhat al-Nusra and Other Islamists Briefly Capture Historic Christian Town of Ma’loula

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, September 5th, 2013

“Red Lines and False Choices,” by Sarah Shields

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 5th, 2013

Chemical Weapons and Responses; The Developing Story of Tripoli’s Bombing; Theories on Outcomes for Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, September 1st, 2013

Should the Use of Chemical Weapons Prompt a US Attack in Syria?

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, August 26th, 2013

Why were the Turks kidnapped in Lebanon and who are the Liwaa Asifat al-Shamal who are holding the Shiites in Syria.

Posted by Syria Video on Sunday, August 11th, 2013

Syria Consolidates into Three Cantons as the Opposition Pushes Back, Taking Mengh Airbase and other Strategic Points

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

Problems for Syrians in Egypt; News from Kurdish North; Looting & Oil; Round-up

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, August 1st, 2013

Gangs of Latakia: The Militiafication of the Assad Regime

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham Expands Into Rural Northern Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, July 18th, 2013

Where Does Jabhat al-Nusra End, and the Islamic State of Iraq & ash-Sham Begin?

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, July 13th, 2013

Round-up: News from the North, Changes to Opposition, Egypt, and a lot of Miscellany

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, July 8th, 2013

The End of the Line: A Microbus Map of Damascus – by Matthew McNaught

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

The Effect of the Conflict on Syrian Banking and Economy

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, June 28th, 2013

Round Up: Lethal Aid, Human Interest Stories, Lebanon

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 23rd, 2013

Obama Owes Syrians and Americans a Vision of Syria’s Future

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Clerics in Egypt Call for Global Jihad Against Regime’s Shiite Allies, Egypt Cuts Syria Ties

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, June 17th, 2013

Round Up: Qusayr, Hezbollah, Regional Sectarianism, Ehsani on Economics, Foreign Jihadis Behead & Kill for Blasphemy, US Intervention Proposal

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, June 13th, 2013

“Let ‘Lawfare’ Shape the Conflict, Not the Flow of Arms” – By David Falt

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, June 8th, 2013

Ayman al-Zawahiri Rants about Syria

Posted by Aron Lund on Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Turkey Engulfed in Protests, Syria Conflict Worries Turkish Alevis, Syrian Turkomen Support Opposition

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

“The Turkish-Syrian Border Dispute: A View From the Past” – By Meir Zamir

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Interviewed by Syria Comment

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Has the War Reached Lebanon? Meanwhile, Obama Updates War on Terror

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

Brotherhood Figures Block Yaqoubi’s Appointment, Post-Confirmation

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, May 27th, 2013

Sheikh al-Yaqoubi Elected to the NC—its first non-Brotherhood-aligned religious figure

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Is Jabhat al-Nosra breaking apart?

Posted by Aron Lund on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Documentary: Where the war still echoes

Posted by Syria Video on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Do the Massacres in Bayda and Banyas Portend Ethnic Cleansing to Create an Alawite State?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 13th, 2013

New report on the Muslim Brotherhood

Posted by Aron Lund on Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Major salafi faction criticizes Jabhat al-Nosra

Posted by Aron Lund on Saturday, May 4th, 2013

New Addition to the Syrian Islamic Front

Posted by Aron Lund on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Is Syria Like Iraq?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Should the US Intervene? And Listener Responses – Positive and Negative

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Oil Wars—Nusra’s Expanding Reach—Syrian Taliban

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, April 27th, 2013

Buffer Zones: Can They Help?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Jordan Shudders Under 331% Increase in Refugees as Conflict in Dera’a Intensifies

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, April 21st, 2013

Regime Gains Ground—For Now

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Islamic State Declared in Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, April 14th, 2013

News Round Up (8 April 2013)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 8th, 2013

The Raqqa Story: Rebel Structure, Planning, and Possible War Crimes

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Sorting out David Ignatius

Posted by Aron Lund on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

News Round Up (3 April 2013) New Revolutionary Front, Asma on Mother’s Day, M.B. Declaration

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Syria Video – a powerful web service that maps Syrian war video by town and province

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 31st, 2013

Jabhat al-Nusra Shaikh Promises to Decapitate Every Oppressive Arab Leader

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 30th, 2013

Dera’a is Falling

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, March 29th, 2013

Opposition Infighting and Fragmentation Bedevils Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

“Jihad in Syria (Part II): The Assad Regime Perspective,” By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 25th, 2013

Moaz al-Khatib, Moderate Syrian Leader, Resigns, as Islamic Front and Nusra Move on Damascus. Will the US build a Counter-force?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 24th, 2013

Drones, A New Alawite Opposition, Obama in Israel

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

“Syrian Regime Loses Last Credible Ally among the Sunni Ulama,” by Thomas Pierret

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 22nd, 2013

“Jihad in Syria,” By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Lebanese Tension, Egyptian Chaos, Iraqi Memories… and all the news from Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

“The Free Syrian Army Does Exist” by Koert Debeuf & Response by Aron Lund

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Who is Ghassn Hitto? Why Was He backed to be Prime Minister of an Interim Gov by Mustafa Sabbagh?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

“Syria’s Salafi Insurgents: The Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front” by Aron Lund

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

The Free Syrian Army Doesn’t Exist

Posted by Aron Lund on Saturday, March 16th, 2013

al-Nusra, al-Raqqa, Calls for Jihad, River of Death

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, March 14th, 2013

“The Uprising and the New Syria: Islamists Rise in Raqqa while Damascene Christians Dodge Fire” By Matthew Barber

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, March 10th, 2013

Capture of Raqqa – Daraa Offensive – Schooling Crisis – Kerry Supportive

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Raqqa Falls – (4 March 2013) Assad’s Interview with Hala Jaber

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 4th, 2013

Why the US is Reluctant to Support the Syrian Revolution (in Arabic)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

News Round Up (1 March 2013)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 1st, 2013

Kerry at a Crossroads on Syria – Sending Mixed Signals

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Debate Over Death and Suffering in Syria; Rebel Unity Efforts

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

News Round Up (18 Feb 2013)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 18th, 2013

10 Anti-tank Missiles Supplied to Military Council for Aleppo Fight

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Obama’s State of the Union – Reactions; Battle for Damascus Promises to be Long

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Why Are Syrians So Prone to Factionalism? by Abdul Ahad; Ahrar al-Sham Takes Jarrah Air Base

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

Noah Bonsey: “Liberation Front Represents Mainstream National Militant Alliance”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 11th, 2013

The Islamist mess in Damascus

Posted by Aron Lund on Saturday, February 9th, 2013

Noah Bonsey on the Syrian Islamic Liberation Front; Nick Heras on how Islamic Militias emulate Hamas and Hizbullah

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

Syria’s Islamic Front Militias and How They Think about Minorities

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 3rd, 2013

News Round Up (30 January 2013)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

Obama Worries Syria Intervention Would Backfire; Medvedev Says Assad Losing Power by the Day

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 27th, 2013

Levant States Coming Unglued as Iraq teeters on Edge of Civil War and Syria Beset by over 1000 militias

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 27th, 2013

Syrian Agriculture Collapses; Al-Qaida Thrives; Refugee Numbers Spike

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Readers Letters; News Round Up (January 22, 2013

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Hof, Doran, and Shaikh argue for greater US role in guiding Syrian opposition and transition

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Assad Does not Live Russian Ship; Islamists More Honest and Capable than FSA; Winter Misery

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

News Round Up (13 January 2013)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 13th, 2013

“Forming a Syrian Opposition Government: The Time is Now” by Fred Hof; Ziadeh

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

News Round Up (January 9 2013)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Assad Speech – December 6, 2012

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, January 6th, 2013

News Round Up (Jan 5, 2013)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 5th, 2013

Assad Regime May Well Survive to 2014

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

“Syria’s chaos isn’t America’s fault,” by Miller; “Abu Ali’s wake-up call,” by Abdul-Ahad

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

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Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013