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Syrian opposition activists argue outside the venue of the main opposition Syrian National Coalition meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on May 26, 2013. (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)

Opinion: The Syrian opposition has failed to get its message out

by Fayez Sara | Aug 25, 2014 | Opinion

Not many would disagree that the level of discourse among the Syrian opposition some three-and-a-half years after the eruption of the uprising in Syria is currently in a sorry state. In contrast to what it should be in terms of seriousness, responsibility, and the...

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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on July 16, 2014, shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad being sworn in for a new seven-year term, during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Damascus. (AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA)

Opinion: Assad’s ISIS Gambit

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 21, 2014 | Opinion

When one sees Bashar Al-Assad’s media adviser Bouthaina Shaaban speaking on CNN regarding the danger represented by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), one can feel only a sense of unease. How can she speak about the threat of ISIS when she represents a regime...

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An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa on July 25, 2014, shows allegedly shows members of the IS (Islamic state) militant group raising their black and white flag over a building belonging to a Syrian army base in the northern rebel-held Syrian city of Raqa. Islamic State fighters have seized Division 17 […]

Opinion: ISIS on Film

by Diana Moukalled | Aug 19, 2014 | Opinion

Rafiq Abu-Moussab, media officer of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), rose suddenly when he heard a question about his private life and family. He removed his Ray-Ban shades and replied with a stern stare: “I do not do entertainment at all; I do not go out...

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File photo—An image grab from Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s militant Shi’ite Muslim movement Hezbollah, giving a televised address from an undisclosed location on September 23, 2013 in Lebanon. (AFP PHOTO / AL-MANAR)

Opinion: Nasrallah’s Communication Confusion

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 18, 2014 | Opinion

In a long interview, published recently in two parts, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah made striking efforts to polish his image. He talked about everything to an interviewer from the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar—whose affiliation to Hezbollah is such that the paper...

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Hadi Al-Bahra, president of the Syrian National Coalition, in Istanbul, August, 2014 (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Syrian Coalition Head: Lebanon must rein in Hezbollah

by Thair Abbas | Aug 14, 2014 | Interviews

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—The shocking rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its rampage across Iraq has taken attention away both from the conflict in neighboring Syria and the other organizations seeking the downfall of Bashar Al-Assad’s government....