Archive for the 'Syria Revolution 2013' Category

Reconciliations: The Case of al-Sanamayn in North Deraa

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

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

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

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

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

The Local Defence Forces: Regime Auxiliary Forces in Aleppo

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

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

The Names of the Revolution

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

The death of Abdelqader Saleh

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

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

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, September 24th, 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

Gangs of Latakia: The Militiafication of the Assad Regime

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

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

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, July 2nd, 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

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

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

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

New report on the Muslim Brotherhood

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

New Addition to the Syrian Islamic Front

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

Oil Wars—Nusra’s Expanding Reach—Syrian Taliban

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

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

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, April 21st, 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

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

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

“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

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

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

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, February 13th, 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

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