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Opinion: A New Obama Thanks to Bashar

We are facing a new Obama whom we did not know during his first term and the first year of his second term

Bracing for Impact in Syria

A military strike on Syria might deter the Assad regime from using chemical weapons again, but it is unlikely to be a game changer in the course of the Syrian conflict

Response to Iran's Yahya Rahim Safavi

Iran’s campaign aims at masquerading their aggressive behaviour towards the Syrian people and deceiving the Iranian public

All the Tyrant's Men: Chipping Away at the Assad Regime's Core

Bashar’s maternal uncle and cousins, the Makhlouf family, head the security and telecommunications sectors, a major cash cow. Cousin Hafez Makhlouf heads the General Intelligence Directorate in Damascus, where Iyad Makhlouf works as well

Al-Anfal Campaign in Ghouta

The Syrian army believed that what happened in Ghouta was a media war, following an official justification classifying yesterday’s massacres as being mere images carried by channels “that are partners in the bloodshed” affecting the Syrian people