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Glenn Robinson, “Syria’s Long Civil War“, Current History, Dec. 2012 Here is an excerpt – (Read the whole thing – it is well written and argued) …..A BIGGER LEBANON Syria’s troubles go well beyond warring ethnic and confessional groups, to the fact that Syria as a political entity—as a nation—hardly exists. To be sure, the [...]
The Struggle for Abu Kamal: Peace after Defeating the Dictator’s Forces Asaad al-Saleh, an Assist. Prof. at the University of Utah. Located on the bank of the Euphrates near the borders with Iraq, Abu Kamal, the city and its towns, has been an active participant in the revolution. The first significant demonstration was as early [...]
Opposition claims a total of 4 jets and a helicopter shot down today Comment by Syrialover November 28th, 2012, 6:29 am said: Joshua, you are buying into nonesense giving headlines to those claiming they’ll turn Syria into an Islamist state. They might be helping to kick Assad hard, but they have also gotten in the [...]
Leader of Aleppo’s powerful Islamic militia – Liwa al-Tawhid – explains (in Arabic video) why his troops and people want an Islamic democracy and why Syria’s revolution is an “orphan revolution.” Abdal Qadr al-Salih explained that just as Europe’s leaders are Christian because the people are Christian, Syria’s leaders would be Islamic and that Syrians [...]
Syria: Rebels shut down key government supply lines Tom A. Peter | The Christian Science Monitor | Nov 20, 2012 After months of fighting, Syrian opposition forces in Aleppo say that in the past week they’ve captured several critical areas from government forces that may soon give them the upper hand in northern Syria. The [...]
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