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FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows rebels from al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra waving their brigade flag on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter, at Taftanaz air base that was captured by the rebels, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

Courting Trouble

by Stephen Starr | Jun 25, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Since the government forces were forced from much of north and eastern Syria, Islamic courts have emerged to take up the administrative baton of governing and regulating those towns and communities. But a look at how the Ba’athist state governed the country for...

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Flames and smoke rise from burned cars after a huge explosion shook central Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 (AP Photo/SANA)

Car Bombing Rocks Damascus as Spillover in Lebanon Worsens

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 21, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Damascus was rocked on Thursday by a car bomb that exploded in the heart of the city, close to the headquarters of Syria’s ruling Baathist Party. State media say that the blast killed over 50 people and wounded more then 200 more, and press...

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A Free Syrian army fighter takes cover as he shoots near Al Neirab airport in Aleppo February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib

Syria: Is it Time for Military Intervention?

by Amir Taheri | Feb 18, 2013 | Opinion

Has the time come for military intervention in Syria? Despite efforts in many capitals to dodge the question, it is moving to the center of the debate over the Syrian tragedy. British Foreign Secretary William Hague says “no option” has been ruled out, code for...

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In this November 12, 2010 file photo, Hezbollah fighters hold their party flags, as they parade during the opening of new cemetery for colleagues who died in fighting against Israel, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.AP Photo/Hussein Malla

Hezbollah’s Asylum Offer

by Huda Al Husseini | Feb 17, 2013 | Opinion

With Syria’s accelerating and inevitable collapse, Iran’s growing role becomes more and more prominent as it tries to win on all the fronts and draw attention away from its internal problems. Conflicts within Iran are growing as the date of the...

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A Free Syrian army fighter takes cover as he shoots near Al Neirab airport in Aleppo February 17, 2013. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib

The Syrian Jihad

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 16, 2013 | Opinion

The news that we hear-both sincere and false-regarding the presence of “jihadists” among the Syrian revolutionaries rising up against the Bashar al-Assad regime is deliberate and characterized by an intent to distort reality. Such news most often features the...