Posted on Sun, November 17, 2013 at 23:25 pm CET
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The Al-Nusra Front’s Major Role in the Rebel Takeover of a Large Syrian Army Arsenal

A large rebel military operation took control of a Syrian army precinct in the village of Mahin… Continue reading

Topics: Jabhat al-Nusra • Syrian Revolution 
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, September 26, 2013 at 16:01 pm CEST
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Syrian Rebels Say: We Demand Radical Islamism; U.S. Says: We Can’t Hear You!

Thirteen Syrian rebel groups demand an Islamist state in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, September 5, 2013 at 22:48 pm CEST
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Why a U.S.-Led Intervention in Syria Will Make Things Worse

Why is it a bad idea to strike Syria?… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, June 25, 2013 at 20:31 pm CEST
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Hezbollah is preparing to support the Syrian army forces to take over Aleppo

Following the victory at Al-Qusayr Hezbollah is preparing to support the Syrian army forces to take over Aleppo… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:37 pm CEST
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The Price Hezbollah Pays for Supporting the Syrian Regime

Being drawn into the Syrian civil war forced Hezbollah to pay both a political price and a price to its image in the Arab-Muslim world… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:36 pm CEST
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Hezbollah Support for the Syrian Regime

Hezbollah supports the Syrian regime as the civil war drags on… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:36 pm CEST
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Hezbollah Involvement in the Syrian Civil War

For Iran and Hezbollah, the preservation of Bashar Assad’s regime is of supreme strategic importance… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • 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 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 Tue, July 17, 2012 at 19:05 pm CEST
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Will the Rebels Win Syria’s Civil War and What That Means

The tide seems to be turning in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, May 17, 2012 at 19:08 pm CEST
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Two Obama Administration Scandals on Syria?

When a delegation of Syrian Kurdish rebels recently visited Washington DC, the State Department met them to ask for a favor. What was it?… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, March 19, 2012 at 20:06 pm CET
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The Obama Administration’s Pro-Islamist Syrian Opposition “Leadership” is Collapsing

Five months ago, I wrote how the U.S. government collaborated in creating an anti-American, Islamist-dominated leadership for the Syrian revolution. This leadership group failed immediately. Now it is collapsing openly… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Politics • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, February 21, 2012 at 22:52 pm CET
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Bashar’s ‘Iron Fist’

The iron fist against “terrorist gangs” as promised by Bashar Assad got off to a fairly impressive start two weeks ago… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Religion • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, February 14, 2012 at 20:35 pm CET
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What to Do About Syria

There is a strong case that can be made for doing nothing about the Syrian civil war, but a stronger case can be made for doing something… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • China • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, January 30, 2012 at 15:57 pm CET
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Assad contains Syrian uprising for now, with help of Russia, Iran and Hizballah

Ten months after the Syrian people launched an uprising against its ruler, Bashar Assad has recovered the bulk of his army’s support and his grip on most parts of the country… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • China • Hezbollah • Iran • Politics • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, January 29, 2012 at 20:59 pm CET
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Why Syria’s Regime is Surviving a Revolution

Despite what is now the longest-running revolution in Middle Eastern history, the Syrian regime will probably be in power on December 31, 2012… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab League • Arab Spring • Russian Federation • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, January 4, 2012 at 20:42 pm CET
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Military tensions building up on Syria’s borders

Military tensions are building up on Syria’s borders… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Security and Defense • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, December 15, 2011 at 19:22 pm CET
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Sunni Realignments

Despite threats from Iran to withdraw financial aid and training for militants… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Hamas • Palestine Papers • Qatar • Religion • Sunni Islam • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, November 28, 2011 at 00:55 am CET
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Countdown to Conflict: Military Build-Up around Syria

The armies of Syria’s seven neighbors were already scrambling into position on standby on its borders for acts of… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Israel Defense Forces • Jordan • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syria • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, November 21, 2011 at 18:18 pm CET
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Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with Abbas discussing Syria and Israel-Palestinian issue in a rare West Bank visit

Jordan’s King Abdullah II arrived in Ramallah at very short notice for his first visit in more than a decade… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Jordan • Palestinian Authority • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
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 Wed, November 16, 2011 at 16:52 pm CET
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Syrian army deserters hit intel facility near Damascus

The Assad regime suffered a major shock when self-styled “Free Syrian Army” deserters firing shoulder-borne rockets and… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Arab Spring • GCC • Iran • Jordan • Syrian Revolution • Turkey