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By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 4, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

How Islamic State Victories Shape the Syrian Civil War

analysis https://bam.nr-data.net/1/b340ddc24f?a=5338336&pl=1433409564584&v=632.2b17625&to=MV1VYUBVXRJWB0IPWAgXYkdbG1oPUwFOSEcOSA%3D%3D&ap=289&be=2317&fe=7531&dc=2974&f=%5B%5D&perf=%7B%22timing%22:%7B%22of%22:1433409564584,%22n%22:0,%22dl%22:2081,%22di%22:5290,%22ds%22:5290,%22de%22:5490,%22dc%22:9846,%22l%22:9847,%22le%22:9880,%22f%22:2080,%22dn%22:2080,%22dne%22:2080,%22c%22:2080,%22ce%22:2080,%22rq%22:2080,%22rp%22:2081,%22rpe%22:2694%7D,%22navigation%22:%7B%7D%7D&at=HRpWFwhPThw%3D&jsonp=NREUM.setToken June 2, 2015 | 09:15 GMT <!– Militants allegedly belonging to the Islamic State guard a checkpoint near Azaz, Syria, on May 31. (Reuters) Analysis Forecast The Islamic State will prioritize the defense of its core supply lines, used to provide equipment and much-needed recruits. The Islamic State […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 3, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Syria civil war: Meet the military commander who says his soldiers will not rest until every inch of war torn country is free of Islamist 'terrorists'

by Robert Fisk, The Independent Robert Fisk speaks to a colonel confidently preparing his men for battle at Frikeh in the Orontes river valley where Assad’s troops were besieged just last month ROBERT FISK FRIKEH Thursday 04 June 2015 Approaching front lines is usually the same. First come the fields […]

By Zia H Shah on June 3, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Syria civil war: Meet the military commander who says his soldiers will not rest until every inch of war torn country is free of Islamist ‘terrorists’

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 3, 2015 ( 2 Comments )

Now the truth emerges: how the US fuelled the rise of Isis in Syria and Iraq – Milne Seumas

The efforts of western states are fruitless – the sectarian terror group won’t be defeated by the same power that incubated it in the first place The war on terror, […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 3, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Syria civil war: The harrowing testament of a five-year-old victim of this endless conflict

by Robert Fisk, The Independent Sahar Qanbar lost her mother and brother as civilians and government soldiers fought side by side after being surrounded by brutal Islamist fighters. Robert Fisk visited her in Latakia ROBERT FISK LATAKIA Tuesday 02 June 2015 The only thing as heartbreaking as Sahar Qanbar’s smile […]

By Zia H Shah on June 1, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

‘An army boot is placed on the face of the dead men’: General Ghassan of the Syrian Army on the war against Nusra

by Robert Fisk, The Independent It has been a personal war for these soldiers ROBERT FISK Monday 01 June 2015 Above us, white clouds graze the top of Tel Moussa, 9,400 feet of red rock above foothills of granite and valleys of innocent cherry orchards. Colonel Median of the Syrian […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 1, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

'An army boot is placed on the face of the dead men': General Ghassan of the Syrian Army on the war against Nusra

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 1, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

There’s method in the madness of Isis’s cultural vandalism

There’s method in the madness of Isis’s cultural vandalism The more antiquities appear to be threatened, the more the mafias can charge for their booty by Robert Fisk, The Independent I find it all a bit odd, this concern of ours about the ruins of Palmyra. Sure, the Bride of […]

By Zia H Shah on May 27, 2015 ( 1 Comment )

Fog of War: Who’s Lying About Syria’s Christian Massacre?

by Mohammed Idrees Ahmad, THE INDEPENDENT An esteemed war journalist says he witnessed Syrian jihadis slaughter Christians. Evidence of a war crime—or a Brian Williams moment? Patrick Cockburn, the Irish foreign correspondent for The Independent, has an eclectic following. He is admired by Noam Chomsky and Rand Paul; and last […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 27, 2015 ( 1 Comment )

Fog of War: Who's Lying About Syria's Christian Massacre?

By Zia H Shah on May 19, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Syria’s Mercenaries: The Afghans Fighting Assad’s War

By Christoph Reuter SPIEGEL.DE EMIN OZMEN/ LEJOURNAL/ DER SPIEGEL Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is running out of soldiers and is forced to rely on mercenaries in his ongoing battle against rebels. Many of his foreign fighters come from Afghanistan — men like Murad, who is now being held […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 19, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Syria's Mercenaries: The Afghans Fighting Assad's War

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 19, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

POLITICAL CARTOONIST : Drawings from the edge of death

PRINT SEND THIS ARTICLE 1 COMMENTS As a political refugee in Switzerland, Hani Abbas chose exile to escape Syrian security forces. Many of his fellow cartoonists and journalists had been assassinated, imprisoned or tortured. Abbas was born in 1977 in Yarmouk, a large Palestinian refugee camp in the suburbs of the […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 16, 2015 ( 3 Comments )

U.S. Special Operations forces kill ISIS commander Abu Sayyaf in Syria raid

by Matt Knight and CNN WIRE, May 16, 2015 (CNN) — U.S. Special Operations forces killed a senior ISIS commander during a raid intended to capture him in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday, sources familiar with what happened on the ground in Syria told CNN. The ISIS commander, Abu […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 5, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Damascus restarts popular train service

1 May 2015 Dozens of people – many with Syrian flags – gathered for the relaunch ceremony A narrow-gauge train has begun operating again in Damascus – in a reminder of better days in the war-torn Syrian capital. The Rabwah steam train was very popular with city residents, taking them […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 3, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

The beginning of the end in Syria

Summary BY MICHAEL YOUNG, THE DAILY STAR, LEBANON President Bashar Assad’s regime is beginning to crumble despite assistance from Iran and its allies. However, such a prospect did not prevent […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 3, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

In Iraqi malls, Syrian women work jobs spurned by locals

AP / JORDAN TIMES / MAY 02, 2015 Rahaf Abdullah works at a sweets shop at a mall in Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdish region, on Wednesday (AP photo) ERBIL, Iraq — Two years after fleeing from her home in Damascus, 22-year-old Rahaf Abdullah is working at a gleaming mall in […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 27, 2015 ( 1 Comment )

Syria needs a Syrian fix

The Daily Star The pace of military developments in Syria has picked up noticeably in recent weeks; nearly all of the news has been bad for supporters of President Bashar Assad. Some have begun speaking of the “beginning of the end” of the regime, but its true strongholds – from […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 27, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Daughters of Jihad: The German Women of Islamic State

By Jörg Diehl, Hubert Gude, Barbara Schmid and Fidelius Schmid http://www.spiegel.de DPA/ Syriadeeply.org Much is known about men leaving Germany to take up arms on behalf of Islamic State. Less has been reported about the flocks of women traveling to Syria to join the jihad. Experts view them as a growing terrorist […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 26, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Syria changes passport rules for citizens abroad

AFP / JORDAN TIMES / Apr 26, 2015 Residents stand upon the rubble of collapsed buildings after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad […]

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