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Opinion: Did US Intelligence Truly Underestimate IS?

Despite all the warnings of the gravity of the Syrian crisis, Obama always reiterated that Syrian rebels are nothing but a bunch of farmers and medical doctors, refusing to support them

Why Our Youths Join IS

Secularists and civil state advocates don’t attract the youths any more

'Gas For Detainees' Rebel Deal in Homs

The regime yielded to the fighters’ demands to release all detainees in exchange for allowing the regime to repair the Arab Gas Pipeline

For the Security of Our People, Hold Out a Hand

An elite group of scholars, clerics, and defected officers has issued a call for a truce on the occasion of Eid. Below is the statement translated by the signatories

Paranoia Rules in Opposition Government

Toumeh tries to prevent information and documents being leaked to the media and the Syrian National Coalition

The Lost Cries of Alawites

Many related issues constitute solid reasons for the Alawites’ support of the Syrian state’s authority

Death Follows Kobani's Displaced

Huge numbers of Kurdish refugees have arrived in Turkey after the recent IS attack on Kobani