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Opinion: Assad’s ISIS Gambit II

Mouallem’s statement coincided with one from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calling for coordination with the relevant countries

What is Going on in Oslo?

Regime refused to participate in the ‘second track’ diplomacy meeting

Syria: One Year Later

A column in honor of the one-year anniversary of Syria’s chemical attack

How to kill ISIS with the right discourse

Laws are not enough; there must be a fundamental change in the religious culture that glorifies death and martyrdom for the sake of God

Foley killer identified, says British newspaper

Foley’s killer had been identified by the UK’s Security Service (MI5) and Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), but did not give further details

U.S. Writer Held by Al Qaeda Affiliate in Syria Is Freed After Nearly 2 Years

Mr. Curtis’s release was likely to raise further questions about what, if any, concessions should be made to militant groups holding Western nationals. The beheading of Mr. Foley, which shocked and enraged much of the world, also may have spurred Qatar to press more intensively for Mr. Curtis’s release

Mother mourns U.S. journalist ‘beheaded’ by ISIS

Diana Foley posted the statement after the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) released a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of Foley and threatening to carry out further executions until the United States ended its air strikes against the militant group.

Schools Under Pressure in Syrian Opposition-Held Areas

Nada sat her exams in June in Kansafra, one of 34 towns in the Jabal al-Zawiya area, home to around 100,000 residents and under the armed opposition’s control for the last year-and-a-half

Iraq Events Are a Revolution

The trade in terrorism was mastered by the Iranian and Syrian regimes, and today Maliki’s sectarian regime has entered the race

Obama slams the Syrian opposition; gives up Syria

The notion that they were in a position to suddenly overturn not only Assad but also ruthless, highly trained jihadists if we just sent a few arms is a fantasy, Obama says

Military Council Leaders Resign

Leaders of several military fronts and councils operating under the Chief-of-Staff of the Syrian Free Army announced their resignation on Saturday.   In a statement,