Archive for 2017

Reply to Steven Heydemann’s “Assessing Nikolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate” – By Nikolaos Van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 20th, 2017

Assessing Nikaolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate – by Steven Heydemann

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 17th, 2017

Syria: Who will win the future? – By Nikolaos van Dam

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 11th, 2017

“No Justice for Khan Sheikhoun,” by Aron Lund

Posted by Aron Lund on Monday, November 6th, 2017

Who Will Usher the Middle East Into an Era of Peace? – By Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 23rd, 2017

What the KRG’s Loss of Kirkuk Means for Iraq

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More Failed States – by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 14th, 2017

Minorities and the Kurdish Referendum—by Alda Benjamen

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

Will the U.S. Abandon the Kurds of Syria Once ISIS is Destroyed? by Landis, Itani, Simon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 1st, 2017

KRG Targets Minorities Ahead of Kurdistan Independence Referendum — Part Two: Annexing Christian Lands

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, September 30th, 2017

Mahdi al-Harati: a Libyan Force Multiplier

Posted by Tam Hussein on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017

Iraqi Minorities Face a Dilemma in Kurdish Independence

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, September 24th, 2017

Kurdish Independence and the Unheard Yazidi Voice — by Murad Ismael

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, September 22nd, 2017

KRG Targets Minorities Ahead of Kurdistan Independence Referendum — Part One: Exploiting the Yazidi Genocide

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, September 6th, 2017

Unwinnable: Britain’s war in Afghanistan 2001-2014- by Tam Hussein

Posted by Tam Hussein on Tuesday, September 5th, 2017

Who Gassed Khan Sheikhoun? The Investigation Begins

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

End of US Support for Syrian Rebels Sounds Death Knell for Attempt to Roll Back Iran & Russia in Syria – By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 20th, 2017

Resolving Article 140: Settling the Issue of Iraq’s Disputed Territories Ahead of an Independence Referendum for Kurdistan

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, July 13th, 2017

Rollback? Trump’s Iran claims not just flawed but dangerous – by Steven Simon

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 5th, 2017

Assad cracks down on loyalist militias in Aleppo

Posted by Aron Lund on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

Farewell to Ibrahim “Abe” Soliman: A Syrian-American Who Worked for Peace between Syria and Israel – By Geoffrey Aronson

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 12th, 2017

Nationalism Between Europe and The Middle East – By Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 9th, 2017

The SSNP’s Military: The Eagles of the Whirlwind & Their Emblem – By Jesse McDonald

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 4th, 2017

The End of the PKK in Sinjar? How the Hashd al-Sha’bi Can Help Resolve the Yazidi Genocide

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, May 30th, 2017

China, the U.S, and the Future of the Middle East – By Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Monday, May 1st, 2017

Reconciliations: The Case of al-Sanamayn in North Deraa

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, April 27th, 2017

Revisiting the Malki Affair – By Christopher Solomon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 23rd, 2017

Paradise Lost: The Rise and Fall of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by Tam Hussein

Posted by Tam Hussein on Friday, April 14th, 2017

Katibat Dir’ al-Watan: New Sub-Unit of the Fifth Legion

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, April 13th, 2017

Russia’s Escalation in Syria: Making It Tougher to Fight ISIS? – By Nicholas A. Heras

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, April 8th, 2017

Century Foundation Roundtable on Syria

Posted by Aron Lund on Monday, April 3rd, 2017

Revenge Being Meted Out on ISIS linked Sunni Tribes of Iraq – FrontLine “Iraq Uncovered”

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017

Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and Destroy the Islamic State

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 17th, 2017

Three Points Regarding Syrian Refugees and President Trump’s Travel Ban – By Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi: Syrian IRGC Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Civil Society in Jabal al-Summaq

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, March 4th, 2017

Akram al-Hawrani: Syria’s Left-Wing Populist and the United Arab Republic – By Christopher Solomon

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Further Response to Roy Gutman: Balancing the Picture

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, February 13th, 2017

Yes, Syrian Kurds Have Committed War Crimes – Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn Tamimi

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 12th, 2017

A Response to Roy Gutman’s “Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?”

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, February 11th, 2017

The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria – by @ErikaSolomon

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 9th, 2017

The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (Sinjar)

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

A Post-National Framework for Peace and Stability in the Middle East – by Sam Farah

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 28th, 2017

The Arabs at War in Afghanistan: From the Cradle of the Jalalabad School of Jihad to Syria and Iraq

Posted by Tam Hussein on Thursday, January 26th, 2017

Liwa Al-Jabal: A New Loyalist Militia Unity Initiative In Suwayda’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, January 19th, 2017

Quwat Dir’ Al-Qalamoun: Shifting Militia Links

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 17th, 2017

America’s Failure – and Russia and Iran’s Success – in Syria’s Cataclysmic Civil War – By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 12th, 2017

Local Loyalist Militias of Suwayda’: Katibat Jalamid Urman (Dir’ al-Jabal)

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017