by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 15, 2014 | Opinion
Izzat Al-Douri was a figure of little consequence when he was the deputy of Iraq’s late President Saddam Hussein, and he has been of little significance since the Ba’ath Party collapsed and his president and other commanders were executed. What brought Douri back to...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Jul 13, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former senior Iraqi military officers and members of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s now-outlawed Ba’ath Party are among Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Emir Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s top aides, a member of the party told...
by Michel Kilo | Nov 29, 2013 | Opinion
We, the Syrian people, have grown accustomed to seeing the Ba’athist regime speaking for us, without anybody authorizing it or assigning it the task. We have also grown accustomed to seeing it blame us for its own stupidity and malpractice, although we have long...
by Haitham Al-Maleh | Aug 23, 2013 | Debate
From the time it came to power in Syria in a military coup on March 8, 1963, the pan-Arab Ba’ath party has endeavored to alter the social makeup of Syria. The authorities put Syrians under pressure, prompting many to leave the country, while others were assassinated...
by Shireen Qabbani | Jul 29, 2013 | Features
Sidon, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mohammed could not believe his eyes when he suddenly met his former Syrian jailer in Sidon. The man who used to torture Mohammed in Syria had fled to Lebanon following the unrest in his country, Syria. The Lebanese man is known in his...
