by Thaer Abbas | Dec 18, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut- The regions of north Syria are witnessing a clear race between two parties that adopt the “unity” slogan in the face of Aleppo collapse consequences. The first part has an Islamic impression and its’ main components are: Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat Fath al Sham...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 15, 2014 | Middle East
Beirut, AP—Syrian troops advanced in a major rebel-held town near the Lebanese border amid heavy bombardment from warplanes, artillery and tanks as the country’s bloody conflict marked its third anniversary Saturday, state media and activists said. The conflict,...
by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Dec 31, 2013 | Features
Antakya, Asharq Al-Awsat—One of the last things that Mahmoud did in Syria was to fit a new front door. It was another example of everything that was going wrong in Aleppo. A month before, he had upgraded his pistol to a submachine gun. Now he was fixing big metal...
by Michel Kilo | Nov 29, 2013 | Opinion
We, the Syrian people, have grown accustomed to seeing the Ba’athist regime speaking for us, without anybody authorizing it or assigning it the task. We have also grown accustomed to seeing it blame us for its own stupidity and malpractice, although we have long...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 27, 2013 | Opinion
Some Syrian revolutionary figures said the Syrian public may pay the price of the nuclear agreement reached between the US and Iran in Geneva, but this is not true. I think Syria will be the last of those to be negatively affected—that is, if anyone is harmed at all....
