Archive for the 'Shiites' Category

Iran in Syria: “Cognitive Empathy” and Interests

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 13th, 2018

Follow-Up and Correctives on Hashd al-Sha’bi Article

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, February 15th, 2018

The Militias in Iraq, From Popular Mobilization to Political Interference

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, February 10th, 2018

Beit Jann: Myths and Reality

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

The End of the PKK in Sinjar? How the Hashd al-Sha’bi Can Help Resolve the Yazidi Genocide

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, May 30th, 2017

Katibat Dir’ al-Watan: New Sub-Unit of the Fifth Legion

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, April 13th, 2017

Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi: Syrian IRGC Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Quwat Dir’ Al-Qalamoun: Shifting Militia Links

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 17th, 2017

The Situation in al-Fu’a and Kafariya

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, December 18th, 2016

Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, December 10th, 2016

Liwa al-Imam Zain al-Abidain: Building a ‘Resistance’ in Eastern Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, September 18th, 2016

Liwa Sayf al-Haq Assad Allah al-Ghalib: A Republican Guard Militia in Sayyida Zainab

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, September 16th, 2016

Syrian Hezbollah Militias of Nubl and Zahara’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, August 15th, 2016

Liwa Sayf al-Mahdi: A Syrian Army Shi’i Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, August 6th, 2016

Liwa al-Imam al-Mahdi: A Syrian Hezbollah Formation

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, July 23rd, 2016

The ‘Martyrs’ of Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya (The Ja’afari Force)

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 29th, 2016

The Local Defence Forces: Regime Auxiliary Forces in Aleppo

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, May 23rd, 2016

Liwa al-Jalil: A New Pro-Assad Palestinian Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, May 6th, 2016

Harakat al-Hawiya al-Arabiya al-Druziya: Defending Druze Identity in Suwayda’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, March 6th, 2016

The Dir’ al-Watan Brand: Liwa Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, February 26th, 2016

Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya: Recruiting the Shi’a of Damascus

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

Quwat al-Ridha: Syrian Hezbollah

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, July 31st, 2015

The Coastal Shield Brigade: A New Pro-Assad Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

“Mohammad Nassif: The Shadow Man of the Syria-Iran Axis,” by Mohammad Ataie

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Book Review: ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

Sample Concepts of a Christian-Shi’a Alliance in Iraq

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, December 31st, 2014

The National Ideological Resistance in Syria: A ‘Syrian Hezbollah’ Brand

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, October 11th, 2014

Round Up: Lethal Aid, Human Interest Stories, Lebanon

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 23rd, 2013

Round Up: Qusayr, Hezbollah, Regional Sectarianism, Ehsani on Economics, Foreign Jihadis Behead & Kill for Blasphemy, US Intervention Proposal

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, June 13th, 2013

Turkey Engulfed in Protests, Syria Conflict Worries Turkish Alevis, Syrian Turkomen Support Opposition

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

Dera’a is Falling

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, March 29th, 2013

“The Uprising and the New Syria: Islamists Rise in Raqqa while Damascene Christians Dodge Fire” By Matthew Barber

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, March 10th, 2013

Syrian War Spillover in Iraq Will Be Much Worse than in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 28th, 2012

Nuri al-Maliki’s Strategy toward Syria and Syrian Kurds

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Syrian Cinema; American Soldiers and Torture

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 9th, 2010

Real GDP Growth 5.9%? Turkey and Change in the Region; Fadlallah Dies

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 5th, 2010

Scholarly Articles; Bolton; First Lady on Democracy

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

“Moharram in Damascus” by Ali Khan

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Car Bomb in Damascus and Rise of Salafi Groups in Region

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 27th, 2008

News Round Up (28 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Can the US and France agree on a Post-Doha Lebanon Policy?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, June 15th, 2008

News Round Up (2 June 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Syrian Media – The Challenge and the Need to Act

Posted by Alex on Thursday, May 15th, 2008

March Toward Disaster

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Nasrallah calls on Saudi Arabia to boycott the upcoming Middle East conference

Posted by Alex on Saturday, October 6th, 2007

“Iran’s and Syria’s plan: an interpretation,” by Michael Young

Posted by Joshua on Friday, June 22nd, 2007

“The Middle East is abuzz with talk of ‘Shiitization,'” by Andrew Tabler

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, April 29th, 2007

A Response to Michael Young

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Readers Responses to my Last Post

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 12th, 2007

Counting Lebanon’s Shiites as Slaves: Why the Lebanon Deal is Obstructed

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 10th, 2007

News Round Up (27 February 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia: Three’s a Crowd

Posted by Alex on Friday, February 23rd, 2007

News Round Up (17 December 2006)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 17th, 2006

“Six Brutal Truths about Iraq,” By Gen. Odom

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

“Shi’ites and Shi’ism in Medieval Syria,” by Stephennie Mulder

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

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