Syria Journalist Comments: Oversimplifying Syria
by NAJAH DIMASHQIEH for INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING (IWPR’S SYRIA PROGRAMME) on SEPTEMBER 20, 2012: Revolution is a struggle to dislodge the Assad regime, not the internecine conflict it is sometimes portrayed as. The Syrian revolution that erupted in March 2011 and is still continuing tends to be interpreted in too superficial a manner by the international [...]
Joshua Landis on Syria: It’s Going to Be Long and Bloody and Assad Isn’t Going Anytime Soon
by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary on OCTOBER 31, 2012: With the weekend Eid al Adha “ceasefire” broken in Syria, and continuous fighting since, there appears to be less and less hope of a resolution to the sectarian conflict in Syria that is turning into a civil war and an international quagmire. Noted Syria scholar, [...]
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