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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

Syria's Nusra Front Says Will Retaliate for Airstrikes

Suri singled out those Arab countries, saying they had lined up “on the side of oppression and of the infidels” and that “this will have consequences”

Opinion: Egypt's Healer and Syria's Destiny

Because of the immorality and hostility of the Islamic State to all, and the danger it poses for the legal, geographic and demographic status quo in the region, everyone must forget their differences, or ignore them for now, in order to confront this storm

The ISIS within

Until we learn to embrace the true meaning of citizenship, dictatorships and extremism will prevail

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

Coalition Under Fire

The Coalition needs to be repaired and institutionalized, but it requires work

The Role of Oil and Gas in the Syrian Conflict

Although attention was first focused on the role of a plan for a Qatari pipeline to Europe through Syria in Doha’s efforts to topple the regime there, other parties tried to take advantage of the war in Syria to present themselves as a future alternative

Watching the World Cup in war-torn Syria

This year, it seems Syrians will not be able to watch World Cup matches from their homes. Some may even say that tensions between Damascus and Doha have spilled over to sports, with Qatar’s beIN SPORTS holding the exclusive rights to broadcast the games in the region

The war in Syria: ISIS’s most successful investment yet

The year 2006 was a turning point on the jihadi scene. In June of that year, one of the most prominent leaders of global “jihad”, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Ahmad Fadel al-Khalayleh), was killed