New Name, Same Problems
A new Syrian opposition group has earned diplomatic recognition from France and Britain. National Coalition for Syrian Revo...
Ammar Abdulhamid
Communications Blackout in Syria
Two technology firms that monitor global Internet traffic report that Syria has been cut off from the Inte...
Op-eds
Rebels With a Cause, But Not Much Consensus
Syrian opposition fighters are committed to Bashar al-Assad's ouster, but disagree on just about everything else.
Op-eds
The Shredded Tapestry: The State of Syria Today
A Trip Report (Turkey, August 10-30) Background The trip was arranged for the purpose of helping an independent American film company do...
Op-eds
Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Immediate Action to Establish Safe Zones in Syria
Washington, D.C.—A bipartisan group of sixty-two foreign policy experts and former U.S. government officials signed an open letter today urging President Obama to adopt a strategy that will...
Press Releases
Another Massacre in Syria, Hundreds Reportedly Dead
The Syrian regime has reportedly perpetrated another episode of...
Op-eds
The Pristina-Damascus Connection
PRISTINA | A few weeks ago, three Syrian opposition activists arrived in this small Balkan capital for a short visit. The trio stayed in a hotel downtown – “nothing fancy,” acco...
Op-eds
‘The Time for Action has Come’
Yes, the United States should intervene in Syria. Wi...
Op-eds
The Freedom Collection
FDD's Ammar Abdulhamid did a series of interviews with the George W. Bush Presidential Center in July 2011 on the Syrian Uprisings. As part of their Freedom Collection, Ammar explains the Sy...
Op-eds
Foreign Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Immediate Action in Syria
Foreign Poli...
Press Releases
Listening to the Syrian Resistance
Assad has created a humanitarian crisis – and a strategic opportunity.
Op-eds
As Syria Violence Continues, World Leaders Do Little
The United States has closed its embassy in Damascus ami...
Op-eds
U.N. May be Last Chance for Peace in Syria
Co-authored by Ken Ballen The U.N Security Council is considering the most important resolution yet on the brutal rule of terror that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has unleash...
Op-eds
How U.S. Can Help Stop Bloodshed in Syria
Co-authored by Ken Ballen After more than six months of silence, Syria's leader, Bashar al-Assad, spoke last week for only the fourth time since the beginning of the countr...
Op-eds
Foreign Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Action Against Assad
Foreign Poli...
Press Releases
U.S. Policy in Syria
Written Testimony for the Record Contributors to this testimony included: Mark Dubowitz (FDD), Reuel Marc Gerecht (FDD), Tony Badran (FDD), Ammar Abdulhamid (FDD), Jo...
Congressional Testimonies
Towards a Post-Assad Syria
Towards a Post-Assad Syria: Options for the United States and Like-Minded Nations to Further Assist the Anti-Regime Syrian Opposition A Discussion Paper Prepared by the Foreign...
Press Releases
Turning on Syria
On Tuesday night, the Obama administration began signaling that it will call for Bashar al-Assad’s departure in Syria. CNN and other outlets reported that the White House would soon increas...
Op-eds
Who Are the Shabbiha?
Reporters covering the ongoing popular revolt in Syria were recently introduced to a new term from the sociopolitical lexicon of the Levant—the shabbiha. The shabbiha refers to a p...
Op-eds
Divided They Stand: The Syrian Opposition
His son and successor, Bashar, has failed to manage these divisions. Unfavorable international conditions, colossal foreign policy failures, and a precarious economy have left the regime wi...