Archive for the 'Christianity' Category

What the KRG’s Loss of Kirkuk Means for Iraq

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

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

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

Usud Al-Cherubim: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia

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

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

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

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

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

The Leopards of Homs: A Pro-Assad Militia

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

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

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 20th, 2015

Overview of some pro-Assad Militias

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

Sinjar Was Only the Beginning—by Matthew Barber

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, August 8th, 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

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

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

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 21st, 2014

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

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

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

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, March 20th, 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

Homs: The Capital of Syrian Uprising

Posted by Alex on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Minorities

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

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

Private Universities; Haykal Wins; Syriacs Hang On

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 8th, 2009

“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

Why Reform is an Urgent call to Secular Arabs:

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

“Lebanon’s Exodus” by Rana Fil: Newsweek

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Muslim Brotherhood: “Christian or Woman can be President of Syria”

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 29th, 2007

More Commentary on the Metn Elections

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007