The Dangers of Going Home
Will Todman Jul 19, 2017 The turn of the diplomatic tide in Syria now seems irreversible. “During this round, the opposition never once demanded the immediate resignation of President Bashar al-Assad and the legitimate…
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Trump Stumbles Towards Conflict with Iran
Will Todman Jun 14, 2017 As President Trump prepared to deliver the speech in Saudi Arabia that would blame Iran for “so much instability in the region,” he may not have fully appreciated the danger Iran’s proxies…
Hamas: The Pragmatic Shift & the Syrian War
Ola Rifai Jun 21, 2017 After some 30 years of hard-line policies and vows to “eliminate the Jewish State” Palestinian militant group Hamas softens its stances saying that it would support the establishment of a…
Bi-Monthly Humanitarian Updates on Syria
Alasdair Gordon Gibson Jun 28, 2017 Here is the latest statement to the Security Council from the UNSG regarding humanitarian access in Syria. Here is the link to the latest ACAPS update on Syria Here is a report…
The Lethality of the evacuation policy
Ola Rifai Apr 4, 2017 Earlier last week, dozens of the government green buses pulled out of al-Waer neighborhood in central Homs carrying 2000 people; 300 of them were fighters; the buses’ final destination was…
The illusion of a political solution in Syria
Ola Rifai Feb 23, 2017 Paradoxically, all parties engaged in the Syrian war do not miss an opportunity to stress their determination for a political solution to end the almost 6 year-old conflict. Alas, these…
Eastern Aleppo; a watershed in the history of a declining liberal Powers
Ola Rifai Dec 11, 2016 Today marks the third week in the Russian and Syrian Regime onslaught to control eastern Aleppo. After 15 days of continuous bombardments and, nearly, a year of besieging of some 250,000…
Turkish military campaign in Syria and the widening Arab/Kurdish trust gap
Ola Rifai Sep 14, 2016 On August 24th Turkey, backed by American jets and its NATO allies, sent tanks and especial forces into Syria with the main aim of driving away ISIS off her southern borders, as Turkish…
From Jabhat al-Nusra to Fatah al-Sham; Time for a de-radicalisation?
Ola Rifai Aug 4, 2016 Abo Mohammed al-Joulani, the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) declared in an unprecedented video statement last week the detachment of his group from al-Qaeda, and revealed that JN would now be…
Ataturk attack and Syria’s bloody quagmire
Ola Rifai Jul 13, 2016 A triple Suicide bombing and gun shooting at Ataturk airport last week has rung the security alarm loudly in the world’s main capitals. The terrorist attack that killed 42 people at Istanbul…