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A Free Syrian Army fighter helps his wounded fellow fighter in Al-Amariya district in Aleppo on May 8, 2014. (REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah)


Rebel Surgery

Rebel Surgery

In a safe house close to the Turkish border a group of injured rebels in various states of repair—or disrepair—bask in the sunshine. Many of them are recovering from the recent Al-Anfal Operation in Latakia governorate, on Syria’s Mediterranean coast. Dr. Safi Dabdoub...
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Abdullah Anas speaks with The Majalla. (The Majalla/Tam Hussein)


Jihad, Then and Now

Jihad, Then and Now

As the situation in Syria grows worse and simultaneously more complicated day by day, the fears of observers of the conflict have become more focused on the foreign jihadists who have travelled to the war-torn country to take part in the fighting. With the chaos...
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File photo shows a fighter from Jabhat al-Nusra in front of a burning vehicle at their base in Raqqa. (REUTERS/Hamid Khatib/File)


Blowing up the Al-Nusra Front

Blowing up the Al-Nusra Front

In the past two years, Western media coverage has focused on the growing popularity of Salafist jihadi groups like the Al-Nusra Front (Jabhat Al-Nusra) in Syria. These groups have become both an argument to intervene militarily, as well as a reason to stay out. While...
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Syrian Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Zuheir Salem. Source: Tam Hussein


The Brotherhood’s Man in London

The Brotherhood’s Man in London

Out of all the places to meet Zuheir Salem, the number two man of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (SMB), a David Brent-style office in Alperton, north London, is probably the least expected. The office of the SMB is so elusive that even the security guard does not know...