Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attacks but it would have had defensive reasons to stage them
Syria
For Syrian Refugees, a Border Separates ‘Heaven’ from Hell
Were it not for the white, nondescript container houses, Turkey’s Oncupinar refugee camp could easily pass for a small, lively town. On a recent afternoon in the camp that houses nearly 14,000 Syrians, young families sauntered …
Democracy Comes to Syrians — in a Turkish Refugee Camp
The task of electing camp leaders is a novel experience for many displaced Syrians, who still remember the corrupt polling practices of the Assad regime
As Syrians Freeze, Diplomacy Is at a Standstill
Meanwhile, the political opposition to Assad cannot seem to get itself settled in the Syrian territory liberated from the regime.
As Bashar Assad Shows His Defiance, Syria Nears Its Existential Cliff
If the geological metaphor fashionable in Washington these days can be applied in Damascus, then Syria is moving perilously closer toward an existential cliff. President Bashar Assad on Sunday delivered a dramatic aria of …
Syria’s Rising Death Toll: The Darkness Before the Dawn or Sign of a Grinding Stalemate?
At least 60,000 Syrians have been killed in the country’s civil war since March 2011, U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay reported Wednesday. Despite that death toll, which Pillay described as “truly shocking,” U.N. envoy …
Syrian Kurds Find Refuge in an Erstwhile Homeland
Tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have fled their country’s brutal and increasingly sectarian civil war for refuge across the border in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The conditions at the Domiz camp may be squalid, …
France’s Colonial Hangover: Apologizing Abroad, Ignoring Injustice at Home
French President François Hollande took strides to heal wounds between France and Algeria, but his recognition of “unjust” colonial history overlooks continued prejudice Algerian descendents still face in France.
Fleeing Civil War, Syria’s Kurds Enter Another Geopolitical Minefield
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Interview with Official of Jabhat al-Nusra, Syria’s Islamist Militia Group
The group has been one of the most effective against the Assad regime. So why has the U.S. categorized it as a terrorist organization? A Jabhat leader sees a conspiracy
Assad’s Roll of the Dice: Is Winter Coming for the Syrian Rebellion?
President Bashar Assad knows his regime can’t win Syria’s civil war — his foreign minister, Farouk al-Sharaa, admitted as much in an interview published last week by a sympathetic newspaper. But nor does he believe he’s about …
Assad’s Cash Problem: Will Syria’s Dwindling Reserves Bring Down the Regime?
With more than 40,000 people killed in Syria’s devastating war, and about three million people driven from their homes, Western and Arab leaders are grappling with one question: How and when does all this end? The answer, say …
Journalists at Risk: How an NBC Correspondent Emerged from Syrian Captivity
Richard Engel’s saga is emblematic of the increasing chaos in northern Syria, a region where no one is in control