Creating a New Syria: Property, Dispossession, and Regime Survival — by Erwin van Veen

Peak Fragility: Why The Middle East Is Doomed — by Ehsani

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

What the KRG’s Loss of Kirkuk Means for Iraq

Kurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report

The Alawi Community and the Syria Crisis – by Fabriche Balanche

“Bilal” – by Stephen Boeshaar

Recapitalising the Syrian Banking System: Costs and Challenges

Problems for Syrians in Egypt; News from Kurdish North; Looting & Oil; Round-up

The Effect of the Conflict on Syrian Banking and Economy

Round Up: Qusayr, Hezbollah, Regional Sectarianism, Ehsani on Economics, Foreign Jihadis Behead & Kill for Blasphemy, US Intervention Proposal