Archive for the 'Religion and Ethnicity' Category

On the Yazidi Mothers of Children Fathered by Jihadists

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, April 4th, 2019

Romancing Rojava: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, July 31st, 2018

Helsinki Meeting Does Little to Clarify America’s Syria Policy – By Joshua Landis 

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 16th, 2018

Iran in Syria: “Cognitive Empathy” and Interests

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 13th, 2018

Turkey’s Afrin Operation Stokes Syrian Yazidi Fears and Fuels Displacement — by Sylvain Mercadier

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, May 10th, 2018

Eastern Ghouta x 20, by Aron Lund

Posted by Aron Lund on Friday, April 6th, 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

“When the SDF was shocked”- Azaz Opposition Activist’s Analysis of Russian-Turkish Relations, Afrin, & Why US Will Dump Kurds for Turkey

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 30th, 2018

A Sustainable United States Policy for North Syria, the Kurds, Turkey and the Syrian Government – by Landis and Barber

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

Beit Jann: Myths and Reality

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 2nd, 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

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

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

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

Reconciliations: The Case of al-Sanamayn in North Deraa

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

The Situation in al-Fu’a and Kafariya

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, December 18th, 2016

Usud Al-Cherubim: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, December 10th, 2016

Kurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report

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

Saraya Al-Tawheed: A Pro-Assad Druze Militia in Lebanon and Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, December 5th, 2016

Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar: A Prominent Loyalist Militia in Suwayda’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, November 26th, 2016

Labawat al-Jabal: A Druze Female Militia in Suwayda’ Province

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, October 14th, 2016

Liwa al-Imam Zain al-Abidain: Building a ‘Resistance’ in Eastern Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, September 18th, 2016

Liwa Sayf al-Haq Assad Allah al-Ghalib: A Republican Guard Militia in Sayyida Zainab

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, September 16th, 2016

The Virtues of Sham: The Place of Syria in the Muslim Sacral Imagination

Posted by Tam Hussein on Thursday, September 8th, 2016

The Druze in the Syrian Conflict – By Talal El Atrache

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 5th, 2016

Syrian Hezbollah Militias of Nubl and Zahara’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, August 15th, 2016

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

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

Liwa al-Imam al-Mahdi: A Syrian Hezbollah Formation

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, July 23rd, 2016

Kata’ib al-Jabalawi: A Pro-Assad Militia from Homs

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Quwat al-Ghadab: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia in Suqaylabiyah

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, July 3rd, 2016

“The Asad Petition of 1936: Bashar’s Grandfather Was Pro-Unionist,” By Stefan Winter

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Dealing with Syria’s Foreign Fighters: A Liberal Conundrum

Posted by Tam Hussein on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

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

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

The Local Defence Forces: Regime Auxiliary Forces in Aleppo

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, May 23rd, 2016

The Leopards of Homs: A Pro-Assad Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 15th, 2016

Liwa al-Jalil: A New Pro-Assad Palestinian Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, May 6th, 2016

Harakat al-Hawiya al-Arabiya al-Druziya: Defending Druze Identity in Suwayda’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, March 6th, 2016

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

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

Liwa Usud al-Hussein: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Latakia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, February 19th, 2016

Report on Mass Graves of Yazidis in Sinjar

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

“The Assyrians of Syria: History and Prospets” by Mardean Isaac

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 20th, 2015

The Factions of North Latakia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, December 10th, 2015

Rijal al-Karama after Sheikh Abu Fahad Waheed al-Bal’ous’ Assassination

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, October 26th, 2015

Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa: History, Analysis & Interview

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, September 14th, 2015

The Plight of Syria’s Druze Minority and U.S. Options

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, September 9th, 2015

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

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

The Assassination of Sheikh Abu Fahad al-Bal’ous: Context and Analysis

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, September 5th, 2015

Overview of some pro-Assad Militias

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, September 1st, 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

The New Druze Militia Factions of Suwayda Province

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, August 8th, 2015

Quwat al-Ridha: Syrian Hezbollah

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, July 31st, 2015

The Coastal Shield Brigade: A New Pro-Assad Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

“Mohammad Nassif: The Shadow Man of the Syria-Iran Axis,” by Mohammad Ataie

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Who was Mohammad Nasif Kheirbek?” by Mohammad D.

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 30th, 2015

The Massacre of Druze Villagers in Qalb Lawza, Idlib Province

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, June 15th, 2015

Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Responds to al-Julani’s al-Jazeera Interview

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, May 31st, 2015

Round-Up: Palmyra, Contingency Planning for Regime Losses, UN Response to Enslavement Crisis

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, May 23rd, 2015

New Dabiq Issue Reiterates Justifications for Yazidi Enslavement

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, May 21st, 2015

The Alawi Community and the Syria Crisis – by Fabriche Balanche

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, May 19th, 2015

HRW: “ISIS Escapees Describe Systematic Rape”

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

The Administration of the Local Council in Azaz

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, March 21st, 2015

The Kobani Model: Strengthening Kurdish-Arab Relations in Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, March 19th, 2015

The Killing of Muhammad al-Assad, a.k.a. “Shaykh al-Jabal”

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 14th, 2015

Book Review: ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

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

Jabhat al-Nusra and the Druze of Idlib Province

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, January 24th, 2015

Footnotes on the SSNP—Comments from Nouhad Samaan, Head of SSNP in Homs

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, January 2nd, 2015

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

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

Resurgence of the SSNP in Syria: An Ideological Opponent of the Regime Gets a Boost from the Conflict

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, December 19th, 2014

Video: ISIS, Yazidis, and the Enslavement of Thousands of Women

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, December 10th, 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

Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz: A Caucasus Emirate Group in Latakia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

The Factions of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab)

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 21st, 2014

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

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

A Visit to the Tomb of Hafez al-Asad

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 29th, 2014

Jabhat Ansar al-Din: Analysis and Interview

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, October 23rd, 2014

The White Shroud: A Syrian Resistance Movement to the Islamic State

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, October 22nd, 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 National Ideological Resistance in Syria: A ‘Syrian Hezbollah’ Brand

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, October 11th, 2014

“What’s at Stake in Kobani: Islamic State and Kobani Calculations,” By Carl Drott

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 9th, 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

Minority Dynamics in Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

Religious Groups and Scholars of Islam in the Syrian Revolution – by Issam Eido

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 1st, 2014

“Who Was Hilal al-Assad?” By Mohammad D.

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Middle-East’s Sectarian Balance Shifts as Syrian Uprising Enters Fourth Year — by Jawad Anwar Qureshi

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, March 20th, 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham’s dhimmi pact for the Christians of Raqqa province

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, February 26th, 2014

Christian Militia and Political Dynamics in Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

Starvation: a Twisted Example of the Assad Regime’s Terrorism

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, February 1st, 2014

“Why Syria’s Assad heads to Geneva from a position of strength,” by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014

“Observations of a Homsi living in Tartous,” by Aboud Dandachi

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

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

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

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

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 30th, 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

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

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

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, September 5th, 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

Round Up: Lethal Aid, Human Interest Stories, Lebanon

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 23rd, 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

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

Is Jabhat al-Nosra breaking apart?

Posted by Aron Lund 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

Major salafi faction criticizes Jabhat al-Nosra

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

Dera’a is Falling

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, March 29th, 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

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

“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

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

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 3rd, 2013

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Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

“Is an Alawite State in Syria’s Future?,”Cecily Hilleary interviews Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 20th, 2012

Syrian War Spillover in Iraq Will Be Much Worse than in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 28th, 2012

The Kurds and the PKK in Ashrafiye, Aleppo

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 26th, 2012

Syrian Kurdistan: Can it Make a Peaceful Transition?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2012

“The Formation of Alawite Militias in the Kassab region,” by Mohammad D.

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 6th, 2012

Nuri al-Maliki’s Strategy toward Syria and Syrian Kurds

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Assad’s Kurdish Strategy

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 20th, 2012

“The Original Shabiha,” by Mohammad D.

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 17th, 2012

Homs: The Capital of Syrian Uprising

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

The Arab Spring & the decay of secular state in Syria

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Minorities

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Syria: An Uprising, Not a Revolution, By Yazan Badran

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

“The Alawi Dilemma – Revisited,” By Khudr

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

“What do Sunnis intend for Alawis following regime change?” by Khudr

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Did Four Alawi Clans Dissociate themselves from the Assads, as the Opposition Claims? Not likely.

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

“Syria in Fragments: Divided Minds, Divided Lives,” by an American in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 29th, 2011

What Will a Post Assad Syria Look Like?

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Assad Responds to Clerics’ Demands

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

“Syrian Corruption” by Lina Sinjab; Tourism and Preserving Syrian Heritage; Stateless Kurds

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Landis Debates Steven Heydemann: “Syria and Islamism.” BloggingheadTV

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 12th, 2010

Drought, Water Management, and the Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 15th, 2010

Tuykey and Syria Struggle to Resolve Their Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Igraa and Male Hypocrisy; Censorship; Divorce; Two New Ministers

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Women and the Rise of The Religious Conservatives

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Islam Comment – A New Forum by Alex

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Muhammad al-Habash Resigns from all Religious Activities

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Drought Hits East for Forth Year Causing More Distress

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Is Syria Cracking Down on Religious Groups? Why?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 5th, 2010

The Niqab and Syria’s Private Girls Schools

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Syria Bans the Niqab in Schools

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 16th, 2010

Syrian Cinema; American Soldiers and Torture

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 9th, 2010

Real GDP Growth 5.9%? Turkey and Change in the Region; Fadlallah Dies

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 5th, 2010

“Why Reforming the Hadith is so Difficult,” Elie Elhadj

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

“Nationalist First, Islamist Second: The Armenian Issue Shows the Limits of the Erdogan Government,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

News Round Up (21 March 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 22nd, 2010

“The Armenian Genocide: The Islamist and Kemalist Consensus,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

“Turkey at a Crossroad: Democracy or Military Rule?” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 5th, 2010

Economics, NGOs and More

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Muhammad Atta in Aleppo; Muslim Brothers; Oil

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Scholarly Articles; Bolton; First Lady on Democracy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

“New Personal Status Draft Law Does Not Permits Polygamy for Christians,” by Tyler Golson

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Steps Syria has Taken to Win US Favor

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Syria’s Battle for the Hearts of the West, by S. Farah

Posted by Alex on Friday, June 5th, 2009

Syria Eats Sanctions but Looks to Mitchell Visit for Understanding

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, May 10th, 2009

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

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Private Universities; Haykal Wins; Syriacs Hang On

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 8th, 2009

“Moharram in Damascus” by Ali Khan

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Are There Non-Sectarian Parties in Syria: The case of the SSNP?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Emanuel’s Father Calls Arabs Floor Cleaners

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Why Syria Doesn’t Want War with Israel

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Car Bomb in Damascus and Rise of Salafi Groups in Region

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 27th, 2008

How Syria’s Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation

Posted by Alex on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Livni Wins Vote to Lead Kadima

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, September 18th, 2008

News Round Up (12 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 12th, 2008

News Round UP (1 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Bush’s Policy of No Dialogue with Syria is Costing US Lives

Posted by Joshua on Friday, August 29th, 2008

Biden on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 24th, 2008

“The Christians are Leaving” by Salim Abraham

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Lebanon’s Christians Are Back — ICG: by Peter Harling

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Syria marks ‘year of St Paul’

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

News Round Up (28 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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