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Syrian protesters chant anti-President Bashar Assad slogans and wave a revolutionary flag in front of their embassy in Amman, Jordan, Friday, May 17, 2013 to condemn a May 10 massacre in Banias, Syria. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Opinion: Is there any hope for Syria?

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jun 2, 2013 | Opinion

This war is unlike other Arab wars; it is a war between the major symbols of different identities, or at least that is how this conflict is being framed. Our past, and our discourse, is sectarian. Last Monday, the editor-in-chief of the Al-Safeer newspaper, well-known...

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President of the Syrian National Council (SNC) George Sabra (C) and members of Syrian National Council attend a press conference at the end of Syrian Opposition meeting on May 30, 2013 in Istanbul. Syria’s main opposition group said it will not take part in proposed US-Russia peace talks while key allies of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime are waging war alongside government forces. AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE

Syrian opposition to boycott Geneva II

by Caroline Akoum | May 31, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian National Coalition (SNC) has announced that it will boycott the Geneva II conference scheduled for July unless a settlement is reached leading to Bashar Al-Assad’s ouster. George Sabra, the SNC’s acting president, announced that the...

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Syrian protesters chant anti-President Bashar Assad slogans and wave a revolutionary flag in front of their embassy in Amman, Jordan, Friday, May 17, 2013 to condemn a May 10 massacre in Banias, Syria. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Opinion: Wars within wars

by Abdullah Al-Otaibi | May 30, 2013 | Opinion

It is the fate of Syria and its people to be the crossing point between regional and international wars. Syria is the place where these wars and the interests of those fighting them meet, at the expense of the Syrian people, their future and their state. This is all...

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Syrian protesters chant anti-President Bashar Assad slogans and wave a revolutionary flag in front of their embassy in Amman, Jordan, Friday, May 17, 2013 to condemn a May 10 massacre in Banias, Syria. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Opinion: Syrian crisis leading towards open Turkey-Iran conflict

by Soner Cagaptay | May 26, 2013 | Debate

Soon after the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002, Turkey launched an ambitious foreign policy agenda to make itself a stand-alone regional leader. With this new vision, Turkey looked to cast itself as a central actor, wielding soft power to shape...

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Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad burn a Syrian independence flag, which is used by the opposition, during a demonstration at the Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis, April 20, 2013. Source: Reuters/Anis Mili

Opinion: Syrian crisis not leading towards open Turkey-Iran conflict

by Ahmed Lashin | May 26, 2013 | Debate

Despite the fact that the relationship between the two countries has recently become more complicated and ambiguous, the Turkish-Iranian—or if you prefer, the Ottoman-Safavid—struggle is well-rooted in history. Conflicts of interests between the two countries may have...