Assads And The Alawites: End Of The Old Guard In Syria
The story of post-independent Syria is intricately linked to the Assad family belonging to the minority Alawite sect, which ...
Greek Reporter3 天
The Greeks of Syria: A 2,500-Year-Long Presence of Triumphs and Struggles
The sudden political developments in Syria have the Greek community and Orthodox Christians on alert, asking for the support ...
Newsday8 天
Why the rebel capture of Syria's Hama, a city with a dark history, matters
Aron Lund, a longtime Syria expert at Century International, a New York-based think tank, said Hama has obvious symbolic value because of the history of the massacre. He described it as a “huge ...
Al Jazeera on MSN5 天Opinion
Ibn Khaldun’s asabiyya and Bashar al-Assad’s rapid downfall
The Syrian army disintegrated in the face of the opposition offensive because of low morale and years of mismanagement.
Barron's5 天
Syria's Half A Century Of Assad Dynasty Rule
Assad's army carries out a massacre in Hama in central Syria, killing what rights group say were thousands of people, an event that traumatised the country for generations to come. The killings ...
The Peninsula10 天
Syria war monitor says army launches counteroffensive against rebels near Hama
Beirut, Lebanon: A Syrian war monitor said Wednesday that government forces have launched a counteroffensive near Hama, pushing back Islamist-led rebels seeking to advance on the key central city.