Osman Ly, Ruba Mansour: June 20, 2026 Anyone who desires a civil, sophisticated, progressive, and secular Syria must curb the rise of fundamentalism through effective, legal, and democratic means, We are not suggesting violence, dictatorial methods, tyranny,…
Samir Sadek, M. Bitar: May 1, 2026 That is, the future Syria must be free of the likes of us, as expressed by a defected officer years ago , There is a similar sentence that Firas Tlass…
George Banna, Mira Al-Bitar The al julani lie like the Assad regime, and as usual, when it is said, for example, that the citizen has several options, the most important of which is choosing the authority, but the…
hof hab Regardless of al-Julani’s ideological background, his glorifying behavior fuels his lust for power, and it is essential that people’s perception of rulers changes, so that they are seen as ordinary human beings whose…
George Banna, Mufid Bitar: Compensating for the lack of electoral legitimacy an ideological flood is a well-known and possible matter, and the cunning Hafez al-Assad knew that, so as they say, he “handed over”…
Maha Bitar, George Banna: As is the case with advancement and progress, so is the case with decadence, Both are not born and develop in hours or days, but rather in tens or hundreds…
: Stephen Starr Since the revolt in Syria descended into civil war, attention has largely focused on the growing effectiveness and influence of jihadist groups fighting in the country.[1] Members of Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham have featured prominently…
Hazem Saghieh Who can rule in the Arab and Islamic world – the military, or the Islamists? The experiences of the region in the 20th century in general, and of modern Egypt in particular, seem to present such a zero-sum…
elias khoury The Assad regime and the civil war in Syria In the early days of the Syrian revolution, when, after the overthrow of Ben Ali in Tunisia and Mubarak in Egypt, optimism still prevailed, people believed that the peaceful…
Aron Lund Judging by a lot of the media coverage of the Syrian war, President Bashar al-Assad runs a curious sort of regime: it is always either crumbling or on the verge of victory The narrative shifts every now and…