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A US Navy F-18E Super Hornet receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes on ISIS and other targets in Syria. (AP Photo/US Air Force, Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)

Opinion: Taking the War on Terror to the Next Level

by Fayez Sara | Mar 2, 2015 | Opinion

The Middle East has witnessed a flurry of diplomatic activity in recent months, including visits by various leaders from around the world to the region’s capitals, particularly Riyadh. Following all this activity we have seen Jordan, Egypt and Turkey all step up their...

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People inspect the damages at the site of a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the northern city of Aleppo on July 20, 2014. (AFP Photo/AMC/Zein Al-Rifai)

Opinion: International aid for Syria has been too little, too late

by Fayez Sara | Oct 6, 2014 | Opinion

The ongoing strikes by the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) make this an opportune moment to critically assess the international assistance given to the Syrian people since the start of their revolution against President...

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters march through the streets of the Syrian town of Tel Abyad on January 2, 2014. (Reuters/Yaser Al-Khodor)

Opinion: ISIS in Syria

by Fayez Sara | Sep 8, 2014 | Opinion

When one looks at the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) it becomes clear that out of all the armed groups in Syria, it is by far the most important, the best funded, armed and organized, and possesses more members than any other. No other group carries out so...

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Syrian opposition activists argue outside the venue of the main opposition Syrian National Coalition meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on May 26, 2013. (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)

Opinion: The Syrian opposition has failed to get its message out

by Fayez Sara | Aug 25, 2014 | Opinion

Not many would disagree that the level of discourse among the Syrian opposition some three-and-a-half years after the eruption of the uprising in Syria is currently in a sorry state. In contrast to what it should be in terms of seriousness, responsibility, and the...

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A handout picture released by the Syrian National Coalition shows coalition president, Ahmad Jarba (2ndL) and coalition members taking part in their general assembly on January 18, 2014 at a hotel in a suburb of Istanbul. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: The Syrian National Coalition, from Jarba to Bahra

by Fayez Sara | Aug 4, 2014 | Opinion

Leaders of the Syrian National Coalition have come under attack in recent weeks. The attacks focus on accusations of corruption and the misuse of political funds, as well as the existence of secret groups supposedly forming the Coalition’s policies. The attacks are...