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Rebels from the Al-Tawhid Brigade in Tal Rifaat, north of Aleppo, prepare to leave for battle against the Syrian army. (AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Tea With Hajji Marea

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Mar 5, 2013 | Features

Aleppo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Taking tea with Hajji Marea is not easy. The leader of the Free Syrian Army (FSA)’s Tawhid Brigade calls at nine o’clock in the evening to say he has one hour to talk. But before he can sit down at the Brigade’s headquarters he is called away...

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President Barack Obama addressing a crowd in Chicago, Friday February 15 2013 (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Obama Wants to Win the War for Free

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 18, 2013 | Opinion

Hezbollah is spilling blood in Syria and not along the borders with Israel. Iran is spending hundreds of millions of dollars like a crazy gambler who just lost a game—its actions in Syria resembling those of a wounded animal driven to madness. The Assad regime...

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A Free Syrian army fighter takes cover as he shoots near Al Neirab airport in Aleppo February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib

The War between Jihadists and the Free Syrian Army

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Feb 7, 2013 | Opinion

A Salafi jihadist leader in Jordan was quoted as saying, “A war will break out between jihadists and secular fighters (the Free Syrian Army) if President Bashar Al-Assad falls.” This threat can be interpreted in tow possible ways. It is either part of the Syrian...