Besides growing reservations about the dynamic on the ground in Syria, last week’s killings at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi have raised new questions about Libya as a model for intervention
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Dissent Among the Alawites: Syria’s Ruling Sect Does Not Speak with One Voice
Considered heretics by many mainstream Sunnis, the Alawites have long been perceived as a solid bloc of support for their co-religionists in the Assad dynasty. Not so now
The Alawite Towns That Support Syria’s Assad — in Turkey
Even as the regime’s Alawite support erodes, the President of Syria finds vocal support among his co-religionists in Turkey
Five Reasons Why the Assad Regime Survives
Syria’s conflict has morphed into a civil war whose fault lines and consequences are quite different from other Arab rebellions
As the Sinai Goes, so Too the Golan Heights?
The new status quo in the Middle East is one of porous borders, growing radicalization and the fragmentation of once stable nation-states
Out of Syria: An Expelled Italian Priest Calls for Peace and Reconciliation
A 57-year-old Italian cleric who has lived in Syria for more than thirty years speaks out on the nature of the conflict and his hopes for peace.
Stanching Syria’s Bleeding: Inside a Rebel Triage Unit
A medical student who has spent months saving lives in makeshift trauma stations shares his harrowing tale
Behind Rebel Lines in Aleppo, A Post-Assad Order Takes Shape
Optimism and Islamism take root in the Free Syrian Army-controlled corridor that runs north to the Turkish border
How the Kurds Have Changed Turkey’s Calculations on Syria
Support for the anti-Assad rebellion has been complicated by Syria’s Kurds moving to establish autonomy, raising Ankara’s fears about implications for Turkey’s domestic Kurdish challenge
Why Syria and the World Will Miss Kofi Annan’s Peace Plan
The former U.N. Secretary-General embarked on a mission that was bound to fail. But its end is unlikely to help Syria avert a chaotic bloodbath
Syrian Paradox: The Regime Gets Stronger, Even as It Loses Its Grip
As the regime’s ability to govern Syria declines, it is being transformed into a powerful militia that has little incentive to compromise
When Syria’s Dust Settles, Will Assad Be Replaced by a ‘Junta in a Box’?
Frustrated by opposition failures and anxious over what would follow Assad, Western and Arab powers appear to be auditioning defector Manaf Tlass for a role in an interim ruling military council
By Ceding Northeastern Syria to the Kurds, Assad Puts Turkey in a Bind
Ankara has been a key backer of Syria’s rebellion, but the prospect of an Iraq-style autonomous Kurdish zone has Erdogan threatening to intervene