by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 7, 2016 | Opinion
When everybody was talking about Turkish troops entering the northern Syrian border town of Jarablus, the dirty deal in greater Damascus was approaching its completion. The long suffering suburb of Darayya was being handed to the cut-throats of Bashar Al-Assad’s...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2013 | Features
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The government of Bashar Al-Assad, once written off as doomed by some observers and journalists, has recently launched a military counter-offensive against the various groups battling to bring it down. Although it was never likely to lead to a...