Samir Sadek, Syriano Did the idea of Arab unity fall before the birth of the idea of Arab nationalism at the beginning of the twentieth century or after the birth of the nationalist thought? We believe that the…
..Tired Arabism is a punishment
Tag: Syria
Suicide of honor, conscience and morals
Samir Sadiq, Ruba Mansoor: For decades, Syrian society has not stoppe one surprise after another, and each surprise was worse than the one before it. The unbridled barbarism in terms of killing, destruction, dragging, crucifixion, kidnapping and looting…
The dialectic of homeland and Syrian belonging
Mamdouh Bitar, Ruba Mansour Is it self-evident and logical to call Syria Arab? Who are the Arabs? Are the Syrian people only Arabs? Why do we attribute Syria to a people who inhabited it like others, and why do we…
Is there a connection between the 1967 war and the 14-year war in Syria
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…
Military and Islamist failure: what next
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…
Clash of barbarisms
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…
Is Assad Losing the War in Syria
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…
What if No One Is Winning the War in Syria
Aron Lund Regardless of who is or is not losing the war in Syria, it is safe to say that no one seems to stand any chance of winning it. It is a lazy pattern of thought, but a strong…
Referring Syria to the international criminal court is a justified gamble
If Bashar al-Assad is indicted by the international criminal court it will be much harder for Russia to support him Against the background of mounting bloodshed and terror, Switzerland has asked the UN security council to refer the situation in…
Berlin Approves Patriots for Turkey-Syria Border
Chancellor Merkel’s cabinet on Thursday approved a measure to send Patriot air defense missiles to Turkey as part of a NATO mission to prevent violence from spilling over from across Syrian border. Once approved by parliament, the mandate will allow the 400 German soldiers to…