by Roshun Kassem | Jul 14, 2016 | Middle East
Trust between the so-called Hezbollah and the Syrian Regime has been breached since Qusayr battle in May 2013. Therefore, both parties have decided to separate fronts and battles. Hezbollah’s avidities have expanded after it participated in many battles against the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 6, 2016 | Middle East
The Syrian army and its allies launched a big attack overnight on anti-Assad forces south of Aleppo, using air strikes, artillery and rockets, according to The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based organization that monitors the war. The government’s...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 25, 2015 | Opinion
The Syrian army is back in the spotlight again. There have been a number of recent Russian and Syrian reports on the army’s battles against the opposition in Syria. In reality, the standing army these reports refer to is actually now made up of a mixture of...
by Michel Kilo | Sep 29, 2013 | Opinion
A few days ago, I traveled to the so-called Officers Camp in Al-Raihaniya, where, for the first time since the start of the revolution, I met two of the main militant groups. The first group was comprised of former civilians who come from the Mount of the Kurds...
by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Jul 25, 2013 | Features
Aleppo, Asharq Al-Awsat—There seemed to be some fresh hope of British assistance for Syria’s opposition forces this week. British prime minister David Cameron, while continuing to avoid any firm commitments to arm the rebels, told a BBC interviewer that he still...
