Loading ...
|
Syria Books |
|
Islam Books |
|
Middle East Books |
Why is the Syrian opposition so divided? Here are some of the main divisions running through Syrian society: Sunni versus Alawi Poor versus rich Rural versus urban Homs and Hama versus Aleppo and Damascus Baathists versus Non-Baathists Religious versus Secular Saudi Arabia versus Iran USA versus Russia Welcome to the cocktail of the new Syrian [...]
Syria’s Assad regime is doomed, but the battle will be long and bloody Joshua Landis For Bitterlemons January 26, 2012 Edition 4 The Syrian regime headed by Bashar Assad is doomed in the long run, but is likely to last longer than most believe. In December, the leader of Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood stated that President [...]
Analyzing the largest Syria crisis Facebook polls, by Camille Otrakji Originally appeared on Creativesyria’s “The Syria Page” blog Several Facebook polls on the Syrian crisis have been conducted over the past year, eliciting widespread responses among Syrian and Arab Facebook users. While sample sizes vary, many are much larger than regular online polls thereby [...]
Syria rejected an Arab League proposal calling for President Bashar al-Assad to step down and advanced elections to form a “national unity government.” The Arab League plan results from the deep divisions within the Arab League about how to deal with Syria. Firm action is prevented by the split between the two main camps within [...]
The cease fire in Zabadani has collapsed due to government strikes on the city, reports Brian Whitaker of the Guardian. Earlier the BBC announced that the Syrian army ‘agrees to ceasefire in Zabadani’, which had been reported by Radwan Ziadeh in the US. There was some excitement about the cease-fire development when it was first [...]
|
Director: Center
for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma 405-819-7955 landis@ou.edu |
