On March 6, Syria witnessed the most intense and bloodiest clashes between the new Syrian government and loyalists to dictator Bashar al Assad since the Assad regime’s downfall on December 8. These battles...
Beginning on Friday, January 3, the newly appointed minister of defense of the Syrian Interim Government, Murhef Abu Qasra, initiated a series of meetings with leaders of armed factions to discuss integrating...
The messaging from Iran is clear. Iran wants to know whether Israel is repositioning forces and whether the withdrawal from Khan Yunis is merely a prelude to another stage.
On Sunday, a day after the three-year anniversary of the start of the Syrian uprising, Assad regime forces and Hezbollah units reclaimed most parts of the rebel-held Syrian town of Yabroud. The r...
A number of recent articles make the case that...
Since February 3, the city of Homs has been under a sustained, and increasingly heavy, bombardment by the Assad regime’s forces. According to...
Should the United States act to protect Syrian civilians from their murderous regime? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
Many Washingtonians claim that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has been thrown back against the ropes, boxed in by international sanctions, and growing hordes of protesters whom he cannot contain, n...
Last week, Syrian security forces withdrew from Zabadani, a town near Damascus where defectors from the army and other antiregime elements had been exchanging heavy fire with the army. In Lebanon...
Over the past few weeks, several important statements have come out of Iraq - both from Iraqi officials and top US commanders - regarding the recent bomb attacks in the country and their perpetra...