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by Aron Lund for Syria Comment The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which has a great Syria resource site, just released my new paper on the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. They’re also about to release a second report by Raphaël Lefèvre, a French scholar who recently published a well-received book on the Syrian Ikhwan, called Ashes [...]
by Aron Lund for Syria Comment The Islamic Ahrar al-Sham Movement, which is the leading faction of the Syrian Islamic Front (SIF) and probably the biggest salafi group in Syria, has issued a statement about Jabhat al-Nosra’s recent declaration of allegiance to al-Qaida’s Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Ahrar al-Sham statement is available in Arabic on Aaron [...]
by Aron Lund for Syria Comment The Haqq Battalions Gathering, a militant group in the Hama province, announced in mid-April 2013 that they are joining the Syrian Islamic Front (SIF). This is the first time since the SIF’s creation in December 2012 that an independent outside organization of any consequence decides to join the front. [...]
John Stuart and Morsi – Hysterical. must see. The Syrian parliament recommends the creation of 3 new governorates in Syria. The local pro-government al-watan newspaper says that the minister of local management Omar Ghalawanji ordered his ministry staff to start implementing the recommendations of the parliament. The article lists the 3 new governorates at the [...]
The Free Syrian Army Does Exist and is Growing Stronger by the Day by *Koert Debeuf for Syria Comment, March 19, 2013 When I read the piece of Aron Lund, ‘the FSA doesn’t exist’, I was utterly surprised. Of course the FSA does exist. And it is changing rapidly.Over the last few months, the FSA [...]
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