Posted on Thu, October 17, 2013 at 21:24 pm CEST
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, Leader of Al-Qaeda, Urges Jihadist Rebels in Syria to Unite and Establish an Islamic Caliphate

Establishing an Islamic country in Syria opens the way to the restoration of the Islamic Caliphate and the liberation of Jerusalem… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, October 10, 2013 at 00:08 am CEST
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The Al-Nusra Front’s Ideology

The Al-Nusra Front is inspired by Al-Qaeda’s ideology… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Jabhat al-Nusra • Jihadism • Religion • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, June 11, 2013 at 23:16 pm CEST
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Can Assad’s Syria Survive Revolution?

How the Assad regime has managed to survive the revolution, for the time being and in contrast to other recent upheavals in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Culture • Democracy • History • Politics • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm CET
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Anti-Islamism in an Islamic Civil War

The notion of a Sunni-Shi’ite conflict is not the only perceived dichotomy at play in the Syrian civil war… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • History • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, January 22, 2013 at 21:40 pm CET
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Won’t Syria Be Obama’s Main Middle East Crisis in 2013?

The Syrian civil war will go on until one side wins and the other loses. And a lot more people are going to die… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, January 17, 2013 at 23:28 pm CET
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The Folly of Arming Syria’s Rebels

What can the United States can do to counteract the glaring Islamization of rebel ranks… Continue reading

Topics: Syrian Revolution • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, December 13, 2012 at 21:19 pm CET
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Who Will Rule Syria? A Detailed Assessment

The civil war in Syria is moving into the end-game… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, August 21, 2012 at 20:01 pm CEST
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Which Way for Syria? Listen to the Sermons

The closer one gets to ground level in the Middle East, the crazier things become… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Religion • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Mon, July 2, 2012 at 19:37 pm CEST
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Turkey and Syria: An Undeclared State of War

After Syria’s downing of a Turkish aircraft over the eastern Mediterranean, the question is not so much why Syria shot it down as why the two neighbors have become embroiled in a confrontation in the first place… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • PKK • Politics • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, March 31, 2012 at 13:45 pm CEST
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The Syrian Uprising: Syria’s Struggling Civil Society

Authoritarian regimes have traditionally been disinclined to accept any political or social opposition and have been hostile to the development of an independent civil society that could form a counterweight to state power… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Culture • Democracy • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, March 7, 2012 at 22:30 pm CET
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The Middle East’s real apartheid

Arab/Muslim apartheid comes in many forms, and some victims have been subjected to more than one… Continue reading

Topics: Academic Bias • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Zionism • Arab World • Culture • Global Islam • History • Islamic Countries • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Religion • Slavery in Islam 
Posted on Sat, November 19, 2011 at 01:21 am CET
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Syria: No Longer Revolution, It is A Civil War, A Guide to the Battle

The only honest answer to the question of what will happen in Syria is… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Christianity • Democracy • Kurdish People • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, October 18, 2011 at 17:47 pm CEST
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Syria: Minority Regions Braced for Civil War

Two of Syria’s most important minorities, the Alawites and the Druzes, fear that… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Economy • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, July 31, 2011 at 00:04 am CEST
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Getting Serious in Syria

Every day there are massive demonstrations, shootings, and defections of soldiers in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, May 8, 2011 at 01:28 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: The Muslim Brothers in Syria: Could They Win an Election here?

In the wake of former VP Khaddam’s flirtation with the Muslim Brotherhood’s exiled leadership in January, and Hamas’s recent electoral victory… Continue reading

Topics: Muslim Brotherhood • Syria • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, April 30, 2011 at 23:57 pm CEST
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Obama Administration: Eager to Save Syria’s Anti-American Dictator

Before I remark on the idiotic analysis of the day, I have to write a disclaimer. Up to now I usually don’t remark on… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, April 25, 2011 at 19:17 pm CEST
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Syria: Who Is the Opposition and When Is The Moment of Truth?

There’s a bit of a mystery regarding Syria. First, who is the opposition? Second, what will happen… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Christianity • Sunni Islam • Syria • Syrian Revolution