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Do the Massacres in Bayda and Banyas Portend Ethnic Cleansing to Create an Alawite State? by Joshua Landis, Syria Comment, May 13, 2013 This question is taken up in two thoughtful articles by Hassan Hassan and Michael Young. Hassan Hassan argues that “sectarian cleansing is not being conducted for the purpose of establishing a potential [...]
Posted by Matthew Barber Drones & Intervention We included a report in a previous post that the CIA is eyeing Syria for the use of drones. Now a report by Chuck Hagel and David Boren suggests that the drone program is aberrant and problematic for the CIA: U.S. intelligence too focused on killing suspected [...]
The Uprising and the New Syria: Islamists Rise in Raqqa while Damascene Christians Dodge Fire By Matthew Barber, for Syria Comment March 11, 2013 Readers of Syria Comment were less than thrilled by the posting of the video of the capture of Raqqa by Jabhat al-Wahdet al-Tahrir al-Islamiyya. Some felt that the forenamed Islamists deserved [...]
Is an Alawite State in Syria’s Future? December 20, 2012 By Cecily Hilleary @VOAHilleary It is an idea that was first introduced more than a year ago: If President Bashar al-Assad were to fall or be remove himself from power, would Alawites, for decades a ruling minority in Syria, retreat to their traditional western mountain [...]
Homs: The Capital of Syrian Uprising By a Syrian expat originally from Homs for Syria Comment Posted by Camille Otrakji. This article is an attempt to provide a brief synopsis of the history and the socio-economic fabric of the city. This will help explain why Homs is the center of anti-government demonstrations and potentially the [...]
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