Syria’s New Strategy
Could Iraqi-led negotiations solve Syria's crisis?“Both sides are dangerous,” warned one Damascus citizen weeks ago. “Lots of people are armed. There is less security. People go around worried what...
View ArticleSyria Crisis Escalates
A crowd gathers in front of a building and a car damaged after a bomb explosion in the Mezzeh 86 area in Damascus.As the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) meets in Qatar this week in a bid to...
View ArticleSyria’s Deadliest Month
Rebels fighters prepare to fire a portable canon against an adjacent Syrian government-held building during fighting on February 27, 201 in Deir Ezzor. Source: ZAC BAILLIE/AFP/Getty Images London,...
View ArticleSyria: UN’s Ramadan truce proposal ignored
A public waker (“Musaharati”) rouses Syrian Muslim residents with his drum to have their pre-dawn meal before starting the fasting as part of the Muslim month of Ramadan on July 10, 2013 in a rebel...
View ArticleSyria: US, UK halt non-lethal assistance to rebels
Free Syrian Army (FSA) Chief of Staff General Salim Idris speaks during a press conference on August 24, 2013 in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) London/Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US and UK...
View ArticleSyria: Western-backed Coalition accuse ISIS of serving Assad’s interests
A member of the Islamist Syrian opposition group Ahrar Al-Sham fires against a position of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units during clashes in the northern Syrian governorate of Raqqa in August...
View ArticleSyrian opposition advance in Latakia, say activists
A rebel fighter checks a launcher near the village of Qasab in the northwestern province of Latakia, on March 24, 2014. (Amr Radwan Al-Homsi/AFP/Getty Images) The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human...
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