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The Zeitouna Diaries, Part 3: Orientation
Lina Sergie Attar
Lina Sergie Attar
At a camp for Syrian children, the Syrian-American author finds resilience – and home.
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The latest insights on the ongoing conflict in Syria from researchers, community leaders and policymakers.
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At a camp for Syrian children, the Syrian-American author finds resilience – and home.
Hassan Hassan
Aleppo was the Syrian rebels’ first big prize. If Assad retakes it, is the war as good as over?
Noah Gottschalk
As the new diplomats get their feet under the desk, here are five things that they must do.
Ghaith Abdel Aziz
Al-Jaraf is one of a group of young Syrian editors who have quietly been making names for themselves as, for the first time, Syria has been introduced to non-state-run publications and radio stations.
Lina Sergie Attar
At a camp for Syrian children, the Syrian-American author finds resilience – and home.
Safa Sankari
Women Under Siege reflects on the city’s changed landscape.
Frederic C. Hof / Atlantic Council
“This is the second time the president has blamed nationalist opponents to the Assad regime for being unready to take advantage of aid,” writes Fred Hof.
Nick Danforth
Militants in Iraq and Syria are trying to re-create a nation that never existed.
Lina Sergie Attar
At a camp for Syrian children, the Syrian-American author finds resilience – and home.
Elizabeth Dickinson
Elizabeth Dickinson spent time with Syrian refugees in Amman. Here’s what she found.
Ruben Elsinga
A group of volunteer clowns bring their act to the Bekaa’s refugee children.
Subhi Franjieh
We speak to one of Syria’s young front-line activist-turned-journalists.
Phil Sands / The National
The National’s Syria correspondent on deteriorating rebel ties on the southern front.
Charles Lister Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute
Brookings Doha’s Charles Lister examines Syria’s changing battle lines — and momentum.
News Deeply Contributor
The Atlantic Council’s Frederic C. Hof on whether the U.S. has a moral imperative to intervene in Syria.
Nour Daoud
A week ago, four undergraduate students from Syria graduated from Illinios Tech as part of the Syrian student initiative launched with Jusoor and IIE in July 2012.
Charles Lister Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute
Charles Lister of Brookings Doha examines Syria’s ongoing stalemate.
Hassan Hassan
In The National, Hassan Hassan says that Syria’s rebel fighters, despite rumors to the contrary, are gaining steady ground.
News Deeply Contributor
Human Rights Watch says the Lebanese government forcibly returned three dozen Palestinians to Syria this week, putting them at “grave risk.”.
Andrew Tabler Senior Fellow in the Program on Arab Politics, Washington Institute
The Syrian president wants to impose a solution to the country’s crisis—on his terms.
News Deeply Contributor
HRW weighs in as carb bombs hit government-held territory in Homs.
Maryam Saleh
The author remembers a source killed this month by a surface-to-surface missile.
Bessma Momani
For the author, Syria unexpectedly takes center stage at this week’s annual IMF meetings.
Frederic C. Hof / Atlantic Council
Atlantic Council’s Fred Hof argues that President Obama deliberately limited himself by framing the military option for Syria as unbelievably small or the full Monty: ‘invasion and occupation.’.
David Kenner
BEIRUT – Amid opposition claims of new Syrian chemical weapons attacks, President Bashar al-Assad is fast approaching an important deadline for removing his stockpiles of the deadly armaments from from the country. It doesn’t appear that he’s going to meet it.
Charles Lister Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute
“This appears to be an extremely important development,” writes Charles Lister in the Huffington Post.
Mike Giglio
Buzzfeed’s Mike Giglio listens in.
David Kenner
Foreign Policy’s David Kenner on why the Syrian leader will win this year’s presidential elections, even after three years of conflict.
Hassan Hassan
The National’s Hassan Hassan on what he perceives as the group’s decline going into the this year of conflict.
Aron Lund Freelance Journalist and Analyst Specializing in Syria
The Carnegie Endowment’s Aron Lund on why the government starvation tactics have “worked as intended.”.
Aron Lund Freelance Journalist and Analyst Specializing in Syria
The Carnegie Institute’s Aron Lund weighs in on the myths versus reality of Syria’s so-called “Southern Front.”.
Lama Fakih / Foreign Policy
Human Rights Watch’s Lama Fakih says the world must stop Bashar al-Assad from indiscriminately barrel bombing civilians.
News Deeply Contributor
Why has Assad held on in western Syria? Here, the Atlantic Council’s Fred Hof weighs in on why the opposition’s fragmentation might not be the sole reason for the government’s staying power.
Gordon Brown / Project Syndicate
Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown writes about education initiatives for a “lost generation” of Syrians, including the more than 3 million displaced children who have lost access to full-time school programs.
Joyce Karam
Al Arabiya’s Joyce Karam on links between the two historic cities. Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, has started to protest against Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria. Lebanon, she says, has begun to “suffer” Syria’s war.
115 Humanitarian and Human Rights Groups
We take a look at what 115 humanitarian organizations and celebrities are doing to mark the third anniversary of the war in Syria.
Susannah George / Foreign Policy
In Antakya, Turkey, Foreign Policy’s Susannah George meets the leader of the Syrian Revolutionary Front. As the moderate opposition crumbles and extremists continue to consolidate their power in Syria, is he the opposition’s last great hope?
Nigel Timmins
Nigel Timmins, who heads Oxfam’s Syria crisis response team, reflects on his encounters with Syrians during the course of the war, and how he would cope if he was in the same situation as the refugees.
Maryam Saleh
In The National, Syrian activist Maryam Saleh argues that the return of infectious disease fears - and the continual crumbling of Syria’s medical infrastructure – is squarely the fault of the Assad government, a view that is popular with the opposition.
News Deeply Contributor
As the crisis in Ukraine accelerates, the Atlantic Council’s Fred Hof asks if a lax U.S. policy on Putin’s support of the Assad government has emboldened the Russian leader in the Crimea.
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