A dramatic alarm was raised at the meeting of the Syrian opposition umbrella group in exile, the National Coalition, in Istanbul. The scheduled meeting was convened in order to choose a new president for the embattled group, which has seen internal (...)
Throughout most of its history, the Syrian city of Aleppo was a city state or the capital of the surrounding territory in what is now northern Syria and parts of southern Turkey. Today, there are strong indications that this ancient city may once (...)
Earlier in May, in what was just one incident in a string of many atrocities committed against the Syrian people and their heritage, the ISIS destroyed what is thought to be a priceless 3000 year old Assyrian statue.
The statue was confiscated from (...)
It seems not a month goes by without some new entity emerging from the ever split and divided Syrian opposition, whether in its Islamic or mainstream components. The formation late last month, April, 2014, in Istanbul of the Syrian Islamic council, (...)
When Assad announced on the 7th April, the 67th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Baath party of which he is also head, that "the project of political Islam has failed" many observers were puzzled by the exact meaning of his remarks.
Which (...)
is nearing its final stage. It comes after more than two years of deadly stalemate. The city is split down the middle and a once-hopeful rebel movement has disintegrated into chaos, spawning radicalism and extremism in its wake.
On 20 July 2012, (...)
