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60 years after Iraq’s 1958 July 14 Revolution by Christopher Solomon

Posted by Chris Solomon on Friday, August 24th, 2018

Winning in Syria and the Middle East – By David W. Lesch and Kamal Alam

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 16th, 2018

The Think-Tanks Bark and the IRGC Moves On

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, July 13th, 2018

Israel’s Secret war for Syria’s Independence by Meir Zamir

Posted by Chris Solomon on Wednesday, June 20th, 2018

Follow-Up and Correctives on Hashd al-Sha’bi Article

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, February 15th, 2018

The Militias in Iraq, From Popular Mobilization to Political Interference

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, February 10th, 2018

US Policy Toward the Levant, Kurds and Turkey – By Joshua Landis 

Posted by Joshua on Monday, January 15th, 2018

What the KRG’s Loss of Kirkuk Means for Iraq

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

Minorities and the Kurdish Referendum—by Alda Benjamen

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, October 11th, 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

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

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

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

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

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

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 22nd, 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

Kurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

Liwa Sayf al-Mahdi: A Syrian Army Shi’i Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, August 6th, 2016

“Why the Islamic State Is Losing, and Why It Still Hopes to Win”

Posted by Aron Lund on Friday, June 17th, 2016

The ‘Martyrs’ of Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya (The Ja’afari Force)

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 29th, 2016

The Dir’ al-Watan Brand: Liwa Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, February 26th, 2016

Liwa Dir’ al-Watan: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Damascus

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

Report on Mass Graves of Yazidis in Sinjar

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, January 30th, 2016

The Doha Congress: Negotiating a Return of the Iraqi Baath Party?

Posted by Aron Lund on Saturday, September 5th, 2015

ISIS: A Caliphate of Torture and Rape

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya: Recruiting the Shi’a of Damascus

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

HRW: “ISIS Escapees Describe Systematic Rape”

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, April 15th, 2015

Review of “ISIS: The State of Terror”

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, March 27th, 2015

Meet the Badris

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, March 13th, 2015

Book Review: ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

Jamaat Ansar al-Islam in Syria Joins The Islamic State?

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, January 8th, 2015

Sample Concepts of a Christian-Shi’a Alliance in Iraq

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, December 31st, 2014

The Islamic State (IS) and Pledges of Allegiance: The Case of Jamaat Ansar al-Islam

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 28th, 2014

The Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra: A Looming Grand Jihadi Alliance?

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 14th, 2014

Joshua Landis on ISIS, Syria & the “Great Sorting Out” in the Middle East – Interview with Danny Postel

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 17th, 2014

Islamic State Officially Admits to Enslaving Yazidi Women

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, October 12th, 2014

The Yazidis Are Not Getting Support

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, October 5th, 2014

If the U.S. Wanted To, It Could Help Free Thousands of Enslaved Yazidi Women in a Single Day

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Sinjar Was Only the Beginning—by Matthew Barber

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, August 8th, 2014

IS Routs Peshmerga, Takes Control of Sinjar Mountains, Jeopardizes Yazidi Homeland

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, August 3rd, 2014

The Expulsion of Mosul’s Christians, part 1: The Account of the Kidnapped Nuns

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, August 2nd, 2014

The Six Words You Need to Know to Be a Successful Jihadi and Establish Your Own Caliphate

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, July 6th, 2014

The Future of ISIS and the Sectarian Response: ISIS has Picked a Fight it Cannot Win

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 15th, 2014

“Syria, Iraq and Lebanon: the new Af-Pak,” by Anno Bunnik

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 13th, 2014

New ISIS Leaks Reveal Particulars of al-Qaida Strategy

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, January 12th, 2014

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

Is Jabhat al-Nosra breaking apart?

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

Is Syria Like Iraq?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Oil Wars—Nusra’s Expanding Reach—Syrian Taliban

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

Drones, A New Alawite Opposition, Obama in Israel

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

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

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

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

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

“Making the Maliki State in Iraq and the Reemergence of Izzat Ibrahim ad-Duri” By LTC Joel Rayburn

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Syria Turns to Iraq to Preempt Damaging European Heavy Crude Boycott

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 30th, 2011

News Round Up (27 February 2011)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 27th, 2011

Wikileaks: “Syrian-Iranian Relations return to normal”; Jordan, Turkey, and US Seek Improved Iran Relations; Hariri Tribunal Delayed;

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 18th, 2010

Wikileaks: Bellemare “has no case” against Syria

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Should A Resurgent Syria Give Alarm?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 5th, 2010

More WikiLeaks – Kerry: “Israel should return Golan”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 1st, 2010

Tuykey and Syria Struggle to Resolve Their Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Encouraging Israel not to Settle; Encouraging Iran to Go Nuclear

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 1st, 2010

News Roundup (August 20 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 20th, 2010

News Round Up (22 July 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

“Syrians Were Not Behind the Hariri Assassination,” Former US Offical to as-Safir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

News Round Up (25 June 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Iran, Syria, and US in War of Words as West Bank is Digested by Israel

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 1st, 2010

News Round Up (19 April 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, April 19th, 2010

News Round Up (March 19, 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 19th, 2010

Devastation in the North East; Left Laments Israel; Right Laments Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 8th, 2010

John Kerry and Leveretts Talk to Assad

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Assad and Ahmadinejad – “There is No Separating Iran and Syria”

Posted by Joshua on Friday, February 26th, 2010

Israel and Syria Threaten War as US Pushes for Talks: Feltman and Abrams Explain US Policy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, February 4th, 2010

End of Arab Cold War Makes Syria Man in the Middle

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 25th, 2009

Is Syria to Blame for the Bombings in Iraq?

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Will India’s Proposal to Invest Billions in Iran Undermine US Sanction Drive? Is Turkey the Winner?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Dubai Blues and Iraqi families Suffer in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 30th, 2009

“Has Syria Won?” in the Economist

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 27th, 2009

Syria and Iraq and Lebanon and ….

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Syria’s Four Seas strategy, by Yoav Stern

Posted by Alex on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

“The Murders at al-Sukariya” by Reese Erlich and Peter Coyote

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Angelina Does Damascus; Saudi King on his Way; Syria’s Attitude toward an Iranian Nuke

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 5th, 2009

“Can Former Iraqi Baathists in Syria Ever Go Home?” by Andrew Lee Butters

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Is Syrian-US Engagement at an End?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Turk & Syria – Assad Interview: Muslim Brothers, Kurds, Iraq, Israel

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 14th, 2009

Iraq-Syria Row Calming, but Maliki Needs to Shift Blame for Elections

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 13th, 2009

EU postpones Syrian accord; Ignatius on Syria; Butters on Beirut

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 12th, 2009

France has Led the West out of Bush Think and into Engagement with Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Turkey Changes Heart, Says It Will Increase Water Flow of Rivers

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Turkey Says More Water For Iraq, Syria Is Unlikely

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Syria Seeks to Separate US Relationship from Arab-Israeli Conflict

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, August 20th, 2009

What is Mitchel up to in Damascus?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 24th, 2009

News Round Up (9 July 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Scholarly Articles; Bolton; First Lady on Democracy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

News Round Up (1 July 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

News Round Up (30 June 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

News Round Up (June 17, 2009)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Iran, Mitchell, Lebanon and Iraq

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 15th, 2009

The Reasons for ‘Syria’s Positive Caution’ Toward Obama Policy,” By Ibrahim Hamidi

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Assad to Austria, 5 New Ministers, Oil, and Lebanon Elections

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 24th, 2009

Arab Unity? Yes on Kurds, No on Palestinians, Perhaps on Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Sanctions on the Table?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Kerry’s Visit Brings Some Hope

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

News Round Up (December 19, 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Obama likely to appoint Ross, Kurtzer and Indyk says Haaretz

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 15th, 2008

“Forces of Stability: Syria and Iran or the USA?” by Jihad Makdissi

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 8th, 2008

News Round UP (6 December 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Nukes, Obama Policy Advice, the New Team

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

“We will not allow another [IAEA] visit”

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Britain and Syria Resume Intelligence Sharing

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

“No longer the pariah President,” by Peter Beaumont

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 16th, 2008

“Murder in Abou Kamal,” by Imad Moustapha

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 14th, 2008

“Listening to Syria” by David Lesch

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Syria blames Israeli bombs for uranium traces

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

“Syria stops aid vessel unloading Iraq refugees’ rice” by Oweis

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Traces Of Uranium found in Syria: Moallem Says No More Searches

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Rumsfeld’s secret raids on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, November 10th, 2008

Syrian Officials Deny Syrian Complicity in Raid

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Imad Moustapha on Raid: Newsweek & FP

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 1st, 2008

12 Opposition Leaders Sentenced

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 31st, 2008

Petreaus Proposed Visiting Syria: VP Refused him Permission.

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Protests in Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 30th, 2008

“Twilight Struggle” by Eli Lake

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Raid Coverage by Wash Post, Moubayed, LATimes, NYTimes,

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

More on the Raid

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 27th, 2008

Is the US Raid is a “Parting Shot” by the White House?

Posted by Alex on Monday, October 27th, 2008

Syria accuses U.S. in deadly helicopter attack

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 26th, 2008

News Round Up (25 Oct. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 25th, 2008

News Round Up (19 Oct. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 19th, 2008

“Syria Talks Spur Speculation” by Jim Lobe & More…

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

US-Syrian Thaw: Welsh and Muallem Talk

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Syrian Troops on the Lebanese Border are to Confront Smuggling

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 29th, 2008

Livni Wins Vote to Lead Kadima

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Difficult Decisions for Assad, but Syrian Art Sizzles

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 8th, 2008

The Middle East Waits for America

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 5th, 2008

News Round UP (1 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 31st, 2008

News Round-Up (August 1, 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 1st, 2008

Samir al-Taki’s talk at the Brookings Institute in Washington DC

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 24th, 2008

“Some Remarks on Syria,” by Observer

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 18th, 2008

America’s Role in Israel-Syria Talks

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 14th, 2008

Palestinians, Refugees, Turks, Aleppines, Arar, Bloggers

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

News Round Up (20 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 20th, 2008

Interpol says Syria “very cooperative” on Terrorism: US Oil Majors Back in Iraq

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Moubayed on the Lebanese Cabinet: News Roundup (7 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 7th, 2008

More Firms Find Ways Around Sanctions on Syria and Iran

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

News Round Up (1 May 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 2nd, 2008

News Round Up (22 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

“Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand,” by Barstow

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Latest Statistics on Arab Popularity of Asad, Hamas, Hizbullah, Iraq…

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 20th, 2008

News Round Up (18 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, April 18th, 2008

President Assad is “more optimistic than any time before.” / Carter is “very upbeat”

Posted by Alex on Friday, April 18th, 2008

Carter May Meet Hamas Leader Mashaal

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

France Lets Key Witness in Hariri Trial Escape: Kushner Sorrowful

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

News Roundup (6 April 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 6th, 2008

President Assad’s Speech to the Arab Summit

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Summitry 3: Can the Effort to Isolate Syria Hold?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 28th, 2008

Summitry 2

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 27th, 2008

The Iraqi refugee view from Syria and Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 20th, 2008

News Round Up (March 18 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Foreign Militants Crossing Syria-Iraq Border Drop to 40-50 a Month

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

News Roundup (23 January 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

“Syria’s policy, post-Annapolis,” by H. Cobban

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Iraq Wants US to Engage with Syria and Iran. Facebook Minister Soaped

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 10th, 2007

Lebanon, Iran & US

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 7th, 2007

Syria Gets Credit for Gains in Iraq: Jihadists Come from US Allies

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Announcing Creative Syria Forum’s November 2007 topic: Syria’s RegionalPolicies

Posted by Alex on Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Iraqi Refugees: Has There Been a Breakthrough?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, November 15th, 2007

An Iraqi in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

News Round Up (6 Sept 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 7th, 2007

News Round Up (4 Oct. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 5th, 2007

Israel’s Strike – Was it a Warning to Iran? For Lebanon?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 17th, 2007

Hamidi on New Visa Requirements for Iraqis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Subsidies and Iraqis: Syria Shifts Gears

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

News Round Up (1 Sept 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Jihadists and the Syrian Border – Saudi Press

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Sharaa Statement of Syria’s Foreign Policy

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Syria’s Iraq Policy

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 27th, 2007

Syria Cancels Iraq Rebel Sit-down in Damascus – Why?

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

“Improving US and Syrian Relations: Some Possible Beginnings,” by Anthony Cordesman

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Saudi Jihadists in Iraq far Outnumber Others

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Patraeus – Syria Door to Foreign Fighters; Murr – No Evidence yet of Syria Support for Fatah Islam

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Iraqi Refugees in Syria: 3 Best Articles

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 20th, 2007

News Round Up (19 May 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Bernard Gwertzman (CFR consulting editor) interviews Joshua Landis

Posted by Alex on Monday, May 14th, 2007

News Roundup (8 May 2007) Rice Says Yes to Chapter VII Tribunal

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Rice and Moualem Meet: Has Syria Won?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, May 5th, 2007

News Round Up (26 April 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Pelosi’s Trip to Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 31st, 2007

The Arab League Summit: Arabism is Back – Syria is In

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, March 29th, 2007

‘Syria’s Revenues in Danger,’ Finance Minister Warns – Discussion by Ehsani2

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 17th, 2007

“U.S.-Syrian Relations” by Amassador Moustapha

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 12th, 2007

Saudis and Syrians …Brothers or Rivals?

Posted by Alex on Monday, March 5th, 2007

News Round Up (27 February 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia: Three’s a Crowd

Posted by Alex on Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Will Saudi Arabia Solve America’s Problems?

Posted by Joshua on Monday, February 19th, 2007

The US and Syria: Is Dialogue Coming?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Is Syria Supplying Weapons to Iraqi Militias?

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 10th, 2007

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