by David Ignatius | Jul 27, 2017 | Opinion
What did the CIA’s covert assistance program for Syrian rebels accomplish? Bizarrely, the biggest consequence may be that it helped trigger the Russian military intervention in 2015 that rescued President Bashar al-Assad — achieving the opposite of what the program...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut- Syrian regime’s air campaign against rebel-held areas continues even though a ceasefire has been brokered between a Syrian rebel group Jaysh al-Islam and regime-backing Russian diplomats. “The ceasefire should have went into implementation as of yesterday...
by Liz Sly and Zakaria Zakaria | Feb 26, 2017 | Features
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The biggest surviving rebel stronghold in northern Syria is falling under the control of al-Qaeda-linked extremists amid a surge of rebel infighting that threatens to vanquish what is left of the moderate rebellion. The ascent of the extremists in...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 26, 2017 | Middle East
Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham announced Thursday that at least six rebel factions had joined its ranks in northwestern Syria in order to counter a major assault by a powerful extremist group. Ahrar al-Sham, which presents itself as a mainstream rebel group, sided...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 16, 2016 | Middle East
Syrian rebels applauded Turks on Saturday for standing firm against a “conspiracy” to overthrow President Tayyip Erdogan, one of the main regional supporters of their fight against head of Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad. “We congratulate the Turkish...
