Ma Bitar, George Banna An attempt to reframe the Syrian debate on the concept of civil war. There is undoubtedly a close relationship between the two war. Both were catastrophic, with the catastrophe of the 14-yearAn attempt…
Mustafa Amin writes from Tripoli, Lebanon: Is the bloodshed in Syria a civil war The Free Syrian Army (FSA) maintains that there is no civil war in the country. What is really happening, it says, is an assault on the…
The regime of Bashar Assad appears to be using mass killings and intimidation to carve out a defensible mountainous region on the Mediterranean coast where it can survive and retain influence even if rebels take over the rest of Syria…
The crisis in Syria is getting worse, and then worse Perhaps it’s too late to ask the question, How did we get here? Whatever the case, the struggle for political power in Syria is probably something that will be decided…