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http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/anno-bunnik/how-internet-defeated-seymour-hersh#.U2UMhjt9HU8.twitter

http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/muhajireen-battalions-syria-part-two/

http://claysbeach.blogspot.com.tr/2014/04/how-seymour-hersh-confuses-syria-with.html

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/04/23/225342/last-rebel-bastion-in-syrias-homs.html

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/800-dead-hunger-illness-inside-besieged-aleppo-prison

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/world/middleeast/syria.html?_r=0

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/22/allegation-false-turkey-chemical-attack-syria

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/opinion/turkey-was-inept-not-evil-in-syria.html?_r=0

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/04/21/304542370/for-extremists-in-syria-extortion-brings-piles-of-cash-from-iraq

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/04/syria-aleppo-offensive-rebels-jabhat-nusra-regime.html#ixzz2zDsANPPK

http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/news/qaeda-chief-calls-for-unity-as-jihadist-schism-deepens_22985

https://www.zamanalwsl.net/en/news/4594.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti4znmENvx0

 http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/04/12/russian-tv-caught-red-handed-same-guy-same-demonstration-but-three-different-people-spy-bystander-heroic-surgeon/

 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/13/us-syria-crisis-coast-idUSBREA3C02A20140413

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-lister/american-anti-tank-weapon_b_5119255.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/15/syria-civil-war-torture/7746891/

 http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/04/15/Hezbollah-TV-staff-killed-in-Syria-Christian-town-attack.html

http://www.franceonu.org/IMG/pdf/syria-report-execution-tort.pdf

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/interviews/543426-letters-from-syria-to-iran

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141024/marisa-l-porges/fragile-sanctuary#cid=soc-twitter-at-snapshot-fragile_sanctuary-000000

http://syriadirect.org/main/36-interviews/1297-liwa-a-tawheed-fighter-with-isis-out-situation-has-improved-dramatically

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-law-comes-to-rebel-held-syria/2013/03/19/b310532e-90af-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10716289/How-Bashar-al-Assad-created-the-feared-shabiha-militia-an-insider-speaks.html

http://www.worldcrunch.com/syria-crisis/syria-039-s-silent-war-crime-systematic-mass-rape/human-rights-prison-torture-assad-free-syrian-army/c13s15245/#.UyzT4oU66M-

http://therepublicgs.net/2014/03/21/assads-killing-industry-and-the-role-of-intellectuals/

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/03/syria-refugees-women-exploitation-harassment.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/its-our-duty-to-help-the-lost-people-of-syria/story-fni0ffsx-1226857390967

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/03/syria-aleppo-sunni-quds-baath-brigades.html?utm_source=Al-Monitor+Newsletter+[English]&utm_campaign=dadfce1b75-January_9_20141_8_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_28264b27a0-dadfce1b75-93086585#

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/539078-saudi-moves

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/syrian-government-forces-and-hezbollah-seize-border-town-of-yabroud/2014/03/16/0b2caa10-80f2-491a-8e9b-57ac3d47d219_story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/18/world/middleeast/three-years-of-strife-and-cruelty-put-syria-in-tailspin.html?hp&_r=0

http://www.cfr.org/global/must-reads-week-putins-censorship-assads-long-game-irans-fourth-estate-more/p32580

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10695217/Syria-anniversary-the-psychopaths-are-unstoppable.html

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/13/russia-soyuzneftegaz-syria-idUKL6N0M718Z20140313

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/12/iraq-battle-dead-valley-peace-syria

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/12/iraq-battle-dead-valley-peace-syria

http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303546204579435253577631052-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwMzExNDMyWj

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/11/syria-victims-missing-dead-regime-custody-civil-war-assad?CMP=twt_gu

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/dozens-of-civilians-killed-in-syrian-city-of-homs/2012/03/12/gIQA8F4H7R_story.html

http://defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/saudi-arabia-moves-against-the-muslim-brotherhood/

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/07/Saudi-Arabia-declares-Muslim-Brotherhood-terrorist-group.html

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/a-jihadist-blueprint-for-hearts-and-minds-is-gaining-traction-in-syria

http://eaworldview.com/2014/03/syria-another-split-among-chechen-jihadists-fight-isis/

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116813/how-ukraine-will-shape-future-middle-east

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Mar-03/249094-saudi-arabia-calls-on-all-foreign-fighters-to-leave-syria.ashx#axzz2v2IrRTCn

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-there-is-no-arm-s-length-solution#.Uwlf6Tdmkt0.twitter

http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/syria-daraya-truce-a-leaked-information/

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/02/syria-southern-front-escalation-clashes-damascus.html#

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/13587/despite-divisions-syria-s-rebels-mark-significant-gains-in-tactics-arms#.Uw4VkoASxI9.twitter

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=54634

http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/israels-new-game-plan-with-hezbollah-and-syria-by-joice-karam/

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=54618

http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/1174-rebels-on-media-offensive-as-qalamoun-battle-hinges-on-yabroud

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/02/senior-al-qaeda-commander-killed-syria-2014223172557381478.html

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/02/18/barrel_bombs_what_makes_syria_s_brutally_crude_new_weapon_so_effective.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/world/middleeast/bombings-in-syria-force-wave-of-civilians-to-flee.html?smid=tw-share

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/18/us-syria-crisis-usa-missiles-idUSBREA1H0YI20140218

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/world/middleeast/russia-is-scolded-as-us-weighs-syria-options.html?_r=1

http://warontherocks.com/2014/02/iran-history-and-strategy-by-analogy/

http://newsblaze.com/story/20140215213349kaj1.nb/topstory.html

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/02/13/Exclusive-Top-ISIS-leaders-revealed.html

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/535217-new-qalamoun-offensive-may-further-destabilize-lebanon

http://claysbeach.blogspot.fr/2014/02/man-behind-curtain-for-al-qaeda-in.html

http://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/1xk90x/hezbollah_reportedly_admits_heavy_losses_in_homs/

http://syriageneva2.org/?p=242&lang=en
Regime ISIS connection

http://67.159.45.21/Archive/130569?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


http://zamanalwsl.net/en/news/3648.html
Al Qaeda splinter group withdraws from oil-rich Deir al-Zour

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://tinyurl.com/mnz22ds&hl&chrome=true
A document by SNC claiming there is connection between ISIS and regime.

http://adandachi.com/istanbul/alawites-will-kill-assad/
One Day, it Will be an Alawite Who Finally Kills Assad

http://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/shaykh-bassam-al-ayashi-for-the-belgian-fighters-in-syria-i-have-two-words-go-home/

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-iran-is-helping-al-qaeda-in-syria-2014-2

http://linkis.com/shar.es/XSMG8

http://www.majalla.com/eng/2014/02/article55248465

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Feb-08/246775-iran-assisting-al-qaeda-operations-in-syria-us.ashx#ixzz2skDGSy9u

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Feb-08/246775-iran-assisting-al-qaeda-operations-in-syria-us.ashx#ixzz2skDGSy9u

http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2013/10/28/01016-20131028ARTFIG00526-fronde-bretonne-les-rg-prevoient-des-actions-tres-dures.php

http://linkis.com/shar.es/BDEI0

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-impact-of-syrias-refugees-on-southern-turkey#.UvT1qPMdFKA.twitter

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-iran-al-qaeda-conundrum

http://warontherocks.com/2014/02/inside-baseball-on-syrian-rebel-infighting/

http://www.orient-news.net/?page=news_show&id=7637

http://www.thenational.ae/world/syria/cash-boost-for-syrian-rebels-to-pressure-assad#full

http://tomnichols.net/blog/2014/02/07/the-syrian-disaster-we-can-stop-pretending-now/

http://www.nationaljournal.com/defense/why-is-turkey-harboring-terrorists-20140206

http://www.businessinsider.com/sochi-hotel-photos-2014-2

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/02/isis_confirms_death.php

http://unfetteredfreedom.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/notable-syrian-activsts-surrender-to-the-regime-in-a-deal/


http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/02/03/an_edge_in_the_desert_iran_middle_east_weapons
A flood of new weapons -- from Iran to Saudi Arabia -- is dangerously changing the military dynamic in the Middle East.

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/a-new-approach-to-the-syria-crisis#.UvF0HfM8MKk.twitter

http://m.france24.com/ar/20140203-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B8%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF/

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/02/the-syrian-opposition-is-disappearing-from-facebook/283562/

http://news.yahoo.com/israel-wages-39-war-between-wars-39-mideast-154018156--sector.html

http://www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/2032-anbar-will-shape-syrias-and-iraqs-future

http://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/alqaeda

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/01/_as_head_al_qaeda.php

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10613001/Syria-Dutch-priest-trapped-in-Homs-says-residents-going-mad-with-hunger.html

http://insufficientrespect.blogspot.fr/2014/01/the-problem-with-human-rights-activism.html

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/533206-conservative-heritage-foundation-hosts-pro-hezbollah-anti-israel-christian-cler-ics-from-syria

http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/syria-army-edges-forward-in-aleppo_907484.html#.Uuh0iCxPGyU.twitter
Syria Army edges forward in Aleppo

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2014/01/eye-battle-isis-reclaims-raqqa-loses-ground-aleppo/#.Uukd_T16VaO
Eye On the Battle: ISIS Reclaims Raqqa But Loses Ground in Aleppo

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2014/01/conversations-jihadi-praising-jabhat-al-nusra/#.UujI29JBtkh
Conversations: A Jihadi, Praising Jabhat al-Nusra

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/hatred-violence-and-the-sad-demise-of-yusuf-al-qaradawi
Hatred, violence and the sad demise of Yusuf Al Qaradawi

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/26/face-the-assad-reality-in-syria.html
Face the Assad Reality In Syria

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=54340
Syria’s “Lost Province”: The Hatay Question Returns

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/532829-syrias-gulags
Syria’s gulags

http://lightbox.time.com/2014/01/28/when-photographs-of-atrocities-dont-shock/#1
Syrian Torture Archive: When Photographs of Atrocities Don’t Shock

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-the-shadow-of-iraq#.Uuf7Jghhlhk.twitter
Syria: The Shadow of Iraq

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/why-turkey-wont-attack-syria/274806/
Why Turkey Won't Attack Syria

http://adandachi.com/istanbul/the-telkelakh-truce-of-2013/
The Telkelakh Truce of 2013

http://www.ademocracynet.com/index.php?page=articles&action=Detail&id=5074
Give Syria’s dead a chance to speak out

http://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/1waghm/translation_please_response_from_isis_to_peace/cf09uki


http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/27/us-usa-syria-rebels-idUSBREA0Q1S320140127
Congress secretly approves U.S. weapons flow to 'moderate' Syrian rebels

http://linkis.com/mme.cm/AI9Be
Why Hezbollah will have to leave Syria

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/26/face-the-assad-reality-in-syria.html
Face the Assad Reality In Syria

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=54320
The Other Syrian Peace Process

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-reporting-supports-accounts-of-torture-and-execution-in-syria-a-945760.html
Syria's Bodies: 'The Stench Was Unfathomable'

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140680/michael-doran-william-mccants-and-clint-watts/the-good-and-bad-of-ahrar-al-sham
The Good and Bad of Ahrar al-Sham

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/01/al-qaeda-slaughters-syria-killing-fields-2014121112119453512.html
Al-Qaeda slaughters on Syria's killing fields

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/22/washington_tehran_geneva_iran_us_syria
Can Washington dance with Tehran when they're listening to different music?

http://www.jpost.com/International/Australian-money-laundering-investigation-reveals-Hezbollah-gaining-profits-from-drug-money-339218
Australian money-laundering investigation reveals Hezbollah gaining profits from drug money

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/22/blood_brothers_syria_torture_cia
When Assad's horrific prisons were the CIA's dumping ground.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-syria-obama-administration-is-leading-to-failure/2014/01/22/90b040b2-8390-11e3-9dd4-e7278db80d86_story.html
On Syria, Obama administration is leading to failure

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140670/hassan-hassan/hope-springs-in-syria
Hope Springs in Syria?

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/can-syria-lecture-turkey-on-terrorism.aspx?pageID=449&nID=61438&NewsCatID=409
Can Syria lecture Turkey on terrorism?

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/syria-report-one-is-reminded-of-nazi-germany-9075743.html
Syria report: One is reminded of Nazi Germany

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2014/0122/Far-from-Syria-peace-talks-rebels-focus-on-gaining-ground
Far from Syria peace talks, rebels focus on gaining ground

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/editorial/russia-and-iran-face-a-choice-about-continuing-to-support-crazy-al-assad
Russia and Iran face a choice about continuing to support ‘crazy’ Al Assad

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/22/where-is-al-qaeda-holding-its-western-hostages-in-syria.html
Far from Syria peace talks, rebels focus on gaining ground

http://ilhantanir.blogspot.fr/2014/01/my-qs-and-as-w-statedept-spox-on-syria.html?spref=tw
My Qs and As w StateDept Spox on Syria, ISIS, 55.000 torture photos, US

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10588308/US-secretly-backs-rebels-to-fight-al-Qaeda-in-Syria.html
US secretly backs rebels to fight al-Qaeda in Syria

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/the-monsters-of-bashar-al-assad.aspx?pageID=517&nID=61361&NewsCatID=411
The monsters of Bashar al-Assad

http://www.businessinsider.com/assad-helped-build-al-qaeda-in-syria-2014-1
It’s Becoming Clear That Assad Fueled The Al-Qaeda Surge That Has Kept Him In Power

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/01/21/Al-Qaeda-detainees-reveal-ties-with-Assad.html
Al-Qaeda detainees reveal ties with Assad

http://m.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jan-20/244644-hariri-says-assad-ordered-killing-of-his-father.ashx
Hariri says Assad ordered killing of his father

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/531435-another-nuns-bloody-accusations
Another nun's bloody accusations

http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/syria/2014/01/20/%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85.html


http://m.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jan-20/244675-us-messages-from-within-syrian-govt-keen-to-end-war.ashx#ixzz2qx9vDpSF
U.S.: 'Messages' from within Syrian govt. to end war

http://linkis.com/thebricspost.com/gen/mBGo2
Geneva II: How to debunk the myths and save Syria

http://syrianobserver.com/Features/Features/Regime+Soldiers+Take+Turns+Raping+Woman+Over+Days
Regime Soldiers Take Turns Raping Woman Over Days

http://www.businessinsider.com/syrian-government-systematically-killed-11000-detainees-2014-1

http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2014/jan/20/torture-of-persons-under-current-syrian-regime-report



http://www.businessinsider.com/assad-helped-build-al-qaeda-in-syria-2014-1

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/01/the-syrian-wars-private-donors-lose-faith.html
THE SYRIAN WAR’S PRIVATE DONORS LOSE FAITH

http://syrianfreedomls.tumblr.com/post/73827058206/the-rise-and-fall-of-isil-in-syria
The rise and fall of ISIL in Syria

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2014/01/19/America-s-changing-energy-landscape-and-the-Middle-East.html
America’s changing energy landscape and the Middle East

http://rosealhomsi.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/the-siege-of-yarmouk-a-siege-within-a-siege-a-difficult-one-syria/
The siege of #Yarmouk..a siege within a siege..a difficult one #Syria

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/17/us-syria-russia-arms-idUSBREA0G0MN20140117
Exclusive: Russia steps up military lifeline to Syria's Assad - sources

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/01/16/cooperating-with-assad/#.UtnUNLufHqd.twitter
Cooperating with Assad

http://blog.witness.org/2014/01/voices-syrian-prisons/?utm_content=buffer2db52&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Voices from Syrian Prisons

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/a-us-iran-deal-to-secure-the-middle-east-is-all-but-a-fantasy#full
A US-Iran deal to secure the Middle East is all but a fantasy

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/opinion/obamas-losing-bet-on-iran.html?_r=1
Obama’s Losing Bet on Iran

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=54233
The Politics of the Islamic Front, Part 4: The State by: Aron Lund

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/syrian-opposition-risks-collapse/2014/01/17/26acff82-7fb9-11e3-97d3-b9925ce2c57b_story.html
Syrian opposition at risk of collapse over peace talks

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raghida-dergham/the-war-on-terror-a-key-p_b_4620082.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
The War on Terror: A Key Part of Syrian Regime's Survival Strategy

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/innocent-starving-close-to-death-one-victim-of-the-siege-that-shames-syria-9065538.html

Palestinian refugees starve in Syria - video

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/17/syria-russia-arms-idINDEEA0G08I20140117
Exclusive - Russia steps up military lifeline to Syria's Assad - sources

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/12/syria-deeply-asks-difference-isis-islamic-front/#.UtgSExC1a3u
Syria Deeply Asks: What’s the Difference Between ISIS and the Islamic Front?

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/opeds/White20140115-CTCSentinel.pdf
Hizb Allah at War in Syria: Forces, Operations, Effects and Implications

http://www.the-american-interest.com/blog/2014/01/15/critics-of-israel-silent-as-arabs-starve-palestinians/
Critics of Israel Silent as Arabs Starve Palestinians

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/01/15/canadian_killed_in_syria_by_infighting_among_rebels.html
Syria: Canadian fighter's death underscores security challenges

http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_syrias_uprising_within_an_uprising238
Syria's uprising within an uprising

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-01-15/syria-reveals-the-west-have-come-to-call-about-security-operation/
Syria reveals the West have come to call about 'security operation'

http://claysbeach.blogspot.fr/2014/01/did-syrian-rebel-who-ate-his-enemys.html
Did Syrian rebel who ate his enemy's heart have PTSD?

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/530395-the-foreign-policy-of-redefinition
The foreign policy of redefinition

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/opeds/White20140115-CTCSentinel.pdf
Hizb Allah at War in Syria: Forces, Operations, Effects and Implications

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2014/01/syria-er-blasts-lead-horrible-multiple-injuries/#.Uta-x2RDtvY
Syria ER: ‘Blasts Lead to Horrible Multiple Injuries’

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewarticles.php?editorialid=1905
Lebanon in Faustian Deal with Saudi Arabia and France

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/health/drug-lords-cash-in-on-syrias-collapse
Drug lords cash in on Syria’s collapse

http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/why-support-the-syrian-revolution/
Why Support the Syrian Revolution?

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/01/14/214444/on-scene-in-damascus-war-devastates.html
On scene in Damascus: War devastates suburbs but skirts city’s center

http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/how-did-raqqa-fall-to-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-syria-today-on-syria-untold/
How did Raqqa fall to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria? – Today on Syria Untold

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2539231/Newborn-baby-pulled-rubble-home-Syrian-airstrike-pictured-alive-one-week-on.html
Newborn baby pulled from the rubble after Syrian airstrike is pictured alive and well one week on

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/530276-murdering-palestinians-by-starvation
Murdering Palestinians by starvation

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2014/Jan-11/243747-al-qaeda-has-no-future-in-the-arab-world.ashx#axzz2qBVfMNua
Al-Qaeda has no future in the Arab world

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-deal.html?hp&_r=1
Negotiators Put Final Touches on Iran Accord

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/529882-syria-activists-freed-from-isis-dungeons-breathe-new-life
Syria activists freed from ISIS dungeons breathe new life

http://rosealhomsi.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/a-story-of-siege-and-60-men-homs-syria/
A story of siege and 60 men. Homs-Syria

http://news.uk.msn.com/expert-slams-terror-sentencing-plan#tscptmt%E2%80%9D
Expert slams terror sentencing plan

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/syria-rebels-jabhat-nusra_n_4574708.html
Syrian Rebel Conflict Raises The Fortunes Of One Al Qaeda-Linked Group

http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2014/01/bashar-al-jihad-is-isis-child-of-regime.html
Bashar al-Jihad: Is ISIS a child of the regime?

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/858d0bbc-7205-11e3-bff7-00144feabdc0.html#slide0
Syrian refugees stage Euripides’ ‘The Trojan Women’

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/09/breaking_the_reign_of_terror_syria_al_qaeda#sthash.mrNHBeiv.dpbs
Are al Qaeda hard-liners finally on the run?

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/529482-the-good-versus-the-bad-jihadis
The “good” versus the “bad” jihadis

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/529389-the-open-secret
The US partnership with Iran and Hezbollah is becoming increasingly obvious

http://www.nation.com.pk/columns/11-Jan-2014/syria-s-assad-still-the-wrong-choice
Syria’s Assad: Still the wrong choice

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2014/01/10/Syria-s-Sunnis-against-Sunni-extremists.html
Syria’s Sunnis against Sunni extremists

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA080SW20140109?irpc=932
Factbox: Syria's rebel groups

http://praguemonitor.com/2014/01/09/prague-regrets-deaths-three-syrian-workers-czech-ngo
Three workers of Czech NGO killed in Syria

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21593462-baghdad-beirut-growing-backlash-against-most-extreme?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/the_jihadists_may_have_gone_too_far

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/01/08/syrias_new_rebel_front#sthash.Sh8yKoN2.oWiPfi38.dpbs
Syria's New Rebel Front

http://en.dunyatimes.com/article/syrian-regime-isil-secret-partners-says-davutoglu-10537.html#.Us7rVQTCasQ.twitter
Syrian regime, ISIL secret partners, says Davutoğlu

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=UkxJohlG
Syrian opposition group on brink of collapse

http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2014/01/09/syrian-conflict-and-sunni-radicalism-in-lebanon/gxwq
The Syrian Conflict and Sunni Radicalism in Lebanon

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=54131
Syria’s War Economy

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2014/01/islamic-front-key-toppling-isis-raqqa/#.Us6QIdJI9aO
Was the Islamic Front Key to Toppling ISIS in Raqqa?

http://syriadirect.org/main/37-videos/1041-citizen-journalist-in-aleppo-isis-treated-us-worse-than-air-force-intelligence
CITIZEN JOURNALIST IN ALEPPO: ISIS ‘TREATED US WORSE THAN AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE’

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/529244-has-sahwa-hit-the-fan-in-syria
Has sahwa hit the fan in Syria?

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jan-09/243522-ex-isis-detainees-tell-horror-stories-of-captivity.ashx#ixzz2ps1fTpMf
Ex-ISIS detainees tell horror stories of captivity

http://eaworldview.com/2014/01/syria-daily-islamic-state-iraq-aleppo-now/#ISIS
Syria Daily: Islamic State of Iraq Out of Aleppo — Now What?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hind-kabawat/two-evils-in-the-syrian-r_b_4532837.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
Two Evils in the Syrian Revolution

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/01/syrian-rebels-seize-isil-base-aleppo-201418154331242171.html
Syrian rebels seize ISIL base in Aleppo

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/07/the_stringer_molhem_barakat_reuters_syria#sthash.mggZhNwo.wIBWpctE.dpbs
The Controversial Death of a Teenage Stringer

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/world/middleeast/rebel-infighting-expands-to-eastern-Syrian-city.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2&#038
Rebel Infighting Spreads to an Eastern Syrian City

http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-qamishli-front.html
The Qamishli Front

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/world/middleeast/power-vacuum-in-middle-east-lifts-militants.html?hp=
Power Vacuum in Middle East Lifts Militants

http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/islamist-militants-secret-role-in-syrian-rebels-successes
Islamist militants’ secret role in Syrian rebels’ successes

http://www.nationalturk.com/en/al-qaeda-in-syria-and-iraq-new-theocracy-in-the-middle-east-breaking-news-45837
Al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq: New theocracy in the Middle East / Breaking News

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/04/world/middleeast/mystery-in-hezbollah-operatives-life-and-death.html?hp=
Mystery in Hezbollah Operative’s Life and Death

http://www.ibtimes.com/moscow-enters-eastern-mediterranean-gas-fields-whats-really-behind-russias-energy-deal-syria-1525244#.Usbs0mZNGck.twitter
Moscow Enters The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Fields: What's Really Behind Russia's Energy Deal With Syria?

http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/849063/une-equipe-iranienne-participera-a-linterrogatoire-de-maged-el-maged.html
Iranian team will participate in the interrogation of el-Maged Maged

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/syria-assad-us-plan-peace-democracy
Here's a plan to end the conflict in Syria: support Assad

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/how-obamas-syria-policy-fell-apart-101704_full.html#.UsbJwNJI9aO
How Obama’s Syria policy fell apart

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jan-03/242966-isis-condemned-for-brutal-murder-of-fellow-jihadist.ashx#axzz2pJtCGjBh
ISIS condemned for brutal murder of fellow jihadist

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/112332-salafist-jihadist-movement-in-jordan-says-al-nusra-front-isis-decided-to-enter-lebanon
Salafist Jihadist Movement in Jordan Says Al-Nusra Front, ISIS Decided to Enter Lebanon

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/12/pressure-isis-releases-fsa-prisoner/#.UsSPR_QW2yp
Under Pressure, ISIS Releases Its First FSA Prisoner

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/31/the_rise_of_syrias_islamic_front_al_qaeda#sthash.D0vhtB7G.dpbs
The Islamist Enemy of Our Islamist Enemy

http://www.agenceglobal.com/index.php?show=article&Tid=3120
With Humility, Four Trends to Watch in the Year Ahead

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/malikis-untimely-campaign-in-anbar-will-likely-backfire#page1
Maliki’s untimely campaign in Anbar will likely backfire Read more:

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus132_Heras.pdf
THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ASSAD STATELET IN SYRIA

http://notgeorgesabra.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/revolutionary-war-2013-round-up-the-end-of-the-beginning/
Revolutionary War 2013 Round Up: The End of the Beginning

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/radicals-are-assads-best-friends
Radicals are Assad’s best friends

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/hizbollahs-misleading-anti-takfiri-rhetoric-gains-traction
Hizbollah’s misleading anti-takfiri rhetoric gains traction

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/527506-syria-and-the-banality-of-evil
Syria and the banality of evil

http://www.agenceglobal.com/index.php?show=article&Tid=3118
Why Do Governments Repeatedly Promote Death and Chaos?

http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/12/30/like-hezbollah-assad-declares-war-on-saudi-arabia/
Like Hezbollah, Assad declares war on Saudi Arabia

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sophie-stewartbloch/syria-conflict-assad_b_4507894.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
The Missing Question: Who Supports Assad?

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/world/middleeast/us-sends-arms-to-aid-iraq-fight-with-extremists.html?ref=todayspaper
U.S. Sends Arms to Aid Iraq Fight With Extremists

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/dec/27/how-al-qaeda-changed-syrian-war/
How al-Qaeda Changed the Syrian War

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/russia-has-the-power-but-will-it-force-change-in-syria
Russia has the power, but will it force change in Syria?

http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2013/12/29/adam-shatz/iraq-syria/
Iraq-Syria

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/27/syria-ghouta-sarin-attack-emad-surgeon-interview?CMP=twt_gu
Syria's gas attack: 'The children's faces have not left me. I'm not the same man'

http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/12/28/chatahs-killing-threatens-to-bring-syrian-to-lebanon/
Chatah’s killing threatens to bring Syrian war to Lebanon

http://syrianewsdesk.com/en/2013/12/27/news-al-nusra-urges-rebels-help-free-leader-isil-captivity
Al-Nusra urges rebels to help free leader from ISIL captivity

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/sunni-monarchs-back-youtube-hate-preachers-antishia-propaganda-threatens-a-sectarian-civil-war-which-will-engulf-the-entire-muslim-world-9028538.html
Sunni monarchs back YouTube hate preachers: Anti-Shia propaganda threatens a sectarian civil war which will engulf the entire Muslim world

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=54017
The Islamic State: Leaving al-Qaeda Behind

http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/syrian-rebels-get-arms-and-advice-through-secret-command-centre-in-amman
Syrian rebels get arms and advice through secret command centre in Amman

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/world/middleeast/new-study-refines-view-of-sarin-attack-in-syria.html
New Study Refines View of Sarin Attack in Syria

http://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2013/12/28/amnesty-international-isis-and-islamic-penal-law/
Amnesty International, ISIS and Islamic penal law

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/19/the_political_science_of_syria_s_war#sthash.wjdzYnSN.HmPP5WlY.dpbs
The Political Science of Syria's War

http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/12/27/syrian-war-reshaping-the-mideast-map/
Syrian war reshaping the Mideast map

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-talk-to-assad
Syria: Talk to Assad?

http://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2013-12-23/castle-douglas-author-returns-from-war-torn-syria/
Castle Douglas author returns from war-torn Syria

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/12/24/what-makes-syrias-barrel-bombs-so-scary/
What makes Syria’s ‘barrel bombs’ so scary

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rv09li
Moscow and limits the pressure on Assad

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/527155-the-monster-that-wont-die
The monster that won't die

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Dec-23/242100-hezbollah-ambush-islamist-fighters-in-e-lebanon-kill-32.ashx#axzz2oCOU9dIZ
Hezbollah ambush kills 32 Islamist fighters in e. Lebanon

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/opinion/dont-get-in-bed-with-assad.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&
Don't Get in Bed With Assad

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/22/world/meast/syria-aleppo-hospital/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter
Syrian doctor: 'I lost count of the amputations' after assaults on Aleppo

http://arabesky.livejournal.com/143098.html#
"Geneva 2". Is it more about Syria or Iran?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-death-of-dr-abbas-khan-shows-how-syrias-president-assad-shares-power-with-ruthless-and-erratic-henchmen-9013939.html
The death of Dr Abbas Khan shows how Syria's President Assad shares power with ruthless and erratic henchmen

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/lebanonnews/526923-hezbollah-patrol-syrian-gunmen-fight-outside-beqaa-town-report-says
Hezbollah, Syrian gunmen fight outside Beqaa town, report says

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53995
“Dubious Sources”: Tracing the Rumors About EU Intelligence Reconnecting With Assad

http://lebanonspring.com/2012/01/24/alqaeda-has-arrived-to-syria-uprising-bashar-assad/
AlQaeda has arrived to Syria

http://lebanonspring.com/2013/12/22/observations-on-the-first-interview-with-al-nusra-leader-alqaeda-in-syria-abou-mohammad-al-joulani/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Observations on The First Interview With Al-Nusra Leader Al-Joulani

http://m.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-23/242096-300-dead-in-8-days-of-air-raids-on-syrias-aleppo-ngo.ashx


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/23/us-syria-oil-idUSBRE9BM0RI20131223?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=992637
Exclusive: Assad's secret oil lifeline: Iraqi crude from Egypt

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-no-way-back-for-britons-who-join-the-syrian-fight-says-theresa-may-9021190.html
Exclusive: No way back for Britons who join the Syrian fight, says Theresa May

http://www.zamanalwsl.net/en/news/3008.html
87 kids among hundreds killed in Aleppo raids

http://www.etilaf.org/en/news/saleh-assad-regime-is-blood-thirsty-and-of-limitless-brutality.html
Saleh: Assad Regime Is Blood-Thirsty And Of Limitless Brutality

http://ngcco.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/the-syrian-armed-opposition-balance-of-power-tactical-goals-and-long-term-agenda/
THE SYRIAN ARMED OPPOSITION – BALANCE OF POWER, TACTICAL GOALS AND LONG TERM AGENDA

http://jihadology.net/2013/10/29/hizballah-cavalcade-sariyya-al-talia-al-khurasani-a-new-combat-tested-shia-militia-in-syria/
Hizballah Cavalcade: Sariyya al-Tali’a al-Khurasani: A New Combat-Tested Shia Militia in Syria

http://linkis.com/throwww.com/a/eBmn
Bashar Assad: The Lethal Tyrant

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/12/19/255548730/rebel-leader-nuns-were-led-to-safety-not-seized-in-syria?sc=tw&cc=share
Rebel Leader: Nuns Were Led To Safety, Not Seized, In Syria

http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/evidence-of-very-large-diy-barrel-bombs.html
Evidence Of Very Large DIY Barrel Bombs Being Deployed In Syria

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/12/20/On-Hezbollah-s-regional-ideological-coalition.html
On Hezbollah’s regional ideological coalition

http://prospect.org/article/kerry’s-middle-east-grind
Kerry’s Middle East Grind

http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/syria-refugees-settle-in-zaatari-with-the-help-of-a-de-facto-german-mayor#full
Syria refugees settle in Zaatari with the help of a de-facto German mayor

http://m.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/syrian-opposition-forces-fragment-in-bloody-endgame-20131220-2zqpm.html
Syrian opposition forces fragment in bloody endgame

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/majid-rafizadeh/heightened-sectarian-and-_b_4481184.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
Heightened Sectarian and Political Tensions: Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Shiite Coalition

http://alhayat.com/Details/584342 (in arabic)
US has excellent cooperation with Riyadh and expect from Qatar isolate financiers «Al-Qaeda»


https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/8908-netanyahu-and-putin-agree-that-assad-and-sisi-are-better-than-alternatives
Netanyahu and Putin agree that Assad and Sisi are better than alternatives

http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/in-syria-hunger-and-humiliation-as-weapons-of-mass-destruction/damascus-assad-humiliation-regime/c1s14426/#.UrQ1OtJI9aN
In Syria, Hunger And Humiliation As Weapons Of Mass Destruction

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-19/241649-russia-rebukes-assad-for-speaking-out-on-new-term.ashx#axzz2nvMtL0m6
Russia rebukes Assad for speaking out on new term

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/foreign-jihadists-in-syria-tracking-recruitment-networks
Foreign Jihadists in Syria: Tracking Recruitment Networks

http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/former-assad-official-makdissi-backs-third-way-for-syrias-silent-majority
Former Assad official Makdissi backs ‘third way’ for Syria’s silent majority

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/jihadis-grow-more-dangerous-as-they-conquer-hearts-in-syria#ixzz2nx4CwysU
Jihadis grow more dangerous as they conquer hearts in Syria

http://pando.com/2013/12/19/the-war-nerd-saudis-syria-and-blowback/
The War Nerd: Saudis, Syria, and “Blowback”

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53966
Slamming the Golden Door

http://www.sldinfo.com/the-way-ahead-in-us-foreign-policy-spin-or-spinning-out-of-control/
THE WAY AHEAD IN US FOREIGN POLICY: SPIN, OR SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL?

http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/12/19/syrian-conflict-is-fueling-sectarian-tensions-in-the-gulf/
Syrian conflict is fueling sectarian tensions in the Gulf

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115993/bashar-al-assad-profile-syrias-mass-murderer
major generalBashar Al Assad: An Intimate Profile of a Mass Murderer

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels/2013/1217/.UrHLn4V0byM.twitter
The latest sign that the US is losing Saudi Arabia over Syria

http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/1027-amb-frederic-hof-chemical-weapons-deal-doesn-t-touch-the-essence-of-the-syrian-problem
AMB. FREDERIC HOF: CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEAL ‘DOESN’T TOUCH THE ESSENCE OF THE SYRIAN PROBLEM’

http://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/an-alleged-biography-of-abu-muhammad-al-julani-some-ideas/
An alleged biography of Abu Muhammad al-Julani – Some Ideas

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/17/exclusive_us_fingers_iranian_commandos_for_kidnapping_raid_inside_iraq?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=%2AMorning%20Brief&utm_campaign=MB%2012.18.13#sthash.N7uwq0DX.JPpzafHS.dpb
Exclusive: U.S. Fingers Iranian Commandos for Kidnapping Raid Inside Iraq

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-syrian-regimes-military-solution-to-the-war
The Syrian Regime's Military Solution to the War

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/british-prisoner-dr-abbas-khan-found-dead-in-syrian-jail-days-before-he-was-due-to-be-handed-over-to-mp-george-galloway-9010003.html
British prisoner Dr Abbas Khan found dead in Syrian jail days before he was due to be handed over to MP George Galloway

http://www.syriarose.com/ar/news/view/31237.html


http://m.aljazeera.com/story/20131218155917935989
Al-Qaeda leader in Syria speaks to Al Jazeera

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-bombs-aleppo-neighbourhoods-for-4th-day-1.2468630
Syria bombs Aleppo neighbourhoods for 4th day

http://m.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2013/Dec-19/241601-hezbollah-is-caught-in-an-al-qaeda-vise.ashx
By Michael Young - The Daily Star

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/syria-harrowing-torture-summary-killings-secret-isis-detention-centres-2013-12-19
Syria: Harrowing torture, summary killings in secret ISIS detention centres

http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-130804-Saudi-ready-to-act-%C2%B4with-or-without%C2%B4-West:-ambassador
Saudi ready to act ´with or without´ West: ambassador

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/131216/assad-syria-rebels-sunni-shia
Assad's divide-and-conquer strategy proving effective against Syrian rebels

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/world/middleeast/jihadist-groups-gain-in-turmoil-across-middle-east.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53953
A Confused Situation in Northern Syria

http://breakingdefense.com/2013/12/us-foreign-policy-spin-or-spinning-out-of-control/
US Foreign Policy: Spin, or Spinning Out of Control?

http://www.kurdwatch.org/?aid=2983&z=en&cure=1009
ʿAyn al-ʿArab/ʿAfrin: Islamic State imposes economic blockade

http://linkis.com/independent.co.uk/H5xD
The sad and puzzling story of Abbas Khan, the British doctor found dead in Syrian jail

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4466451,00.html
Lone soldier syndrome

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/18/opinion/saudi-arabia-will-go-it-alone.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Saudi Arabia Will Go It Alone

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/russias-judo-diplomacy-has-the-wests-policy-on-the-mat#page1
Russia’s judo diplomacy has the West’s policy on the mat

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikegiglio/the-new-power-on-the-ground-in-syria
The New Power On The Ground In Syria

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/16/us_weighing_closer_ties_with_hardline_islamists_in_syria#sthash.6slIxg8P.gC5VFVGk.dpbs
us_weighing_closer_ties_with_hardline_islamists_in_syria

http://www.lobelog.com/iran-is-more-than-a-regime/
Iran Is More Than A Regime

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fred-hiatt-obama-wanted-us-action-in-darfur-why-not-in-syria/2013/12/15/d7e6b594-6430-11e3-91b3-f2bb96304e34_story.html?hpid=z3
Obama wanted U.S. action in Darfur. Why not in Syria?

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/globalpost-blogs/commentary/131213/rethinking-syria-assad-has-to-stay-in-power
Why Assad has to stay

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-is-america-losing-to-the-axis-of-weevils/2013/12/13/e9557f08-637d-11e3-a373-0f9f2d1c2b61_story.html
U.S. allies are restless

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/12/14/The-next-great-confrontation-between-Saudi-Arabia-and-Iran.html
The next great confrontation between Saudi Arabia and Iran

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/12/popular_saudi_sheikh.php
Popular Saudi cleric endorses Islamic Front, calls for cooperation with al Qaeda

http://rt.com/op-edge/kurds-syria-war-region-237/
Syrian conflict: Kurds becoming an increasing factor in the region

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/12/14/339990/alqaeda-targets-kurdish-villages/
Kurds threaten geopolitical order of West: Short

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/8816-syrias-children-are-freezing-to-death-and-gazans-are-drowning-as-arab-billionaires-turn-a-blind-eye
Syria's children are freezing to death and Gazans are drowning as Arab billionaires turn a blind eye

http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/record-of-starvation-and-malnutrition-cases/

http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/91/52/94/PDF/FranA_ois_Burgat_Diviser_pour_survivreA_.pdf

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/syrian-refugees/story/refuge/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-will-the-us-help-the-syrians/2013/12/14/97433cd0-6294-11e3-aa81-e1dab1360323_story.html
Syria falls into an abyss

http://gulfbusiness.com/2013/12/us-britain-have-not-helped-syrian-rebels-enough-saudi-prince/#.Uq1egqUw2u6
US, Britain Have Not Helped Syrian Rebels Enough – Saudi Prince

http://www.slate.fr/monde/81159/fondamentalisme-islamique-plus-repandu-europe
LE FONDAMENTALISME ISLAMIQUE SERAIT PLUS RÉPANDU QU'ON NE LE PENSE EN EUROPE

http://www.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=3&articleid=16639190
Insight: Syria uses red tape, threats to control U.N. aid agencies

http://qifanabki.com/2013/12/11/where-will-all-the-jihadis-go/
Where Will All the Jihadis Go?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/14/syria-islamist-militants-growing-strength#comment-29872424
Growing strength of Syria's Islamist groups undermines hopes of ousting Assad

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/britains-policy-on-syria-has-just-been-sunk-and-nobody-noticed-9005332.html
Britain’s policy on Syria has just been sunk, and nobody noticed

http://www.shrc.org/en/?p=23018
Genocide: The politics of Blockade

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10519129/Syria-children-killed-as-Aleppo-hit-by-worst-bombing-in-six-months.html
Syria: children killed as Aleppo hit by worst bombing in six months

http://syrianobserver.com/Features/Features/Unforgiving+siege+and+bombardment+if+children+do+not+die+they+suffer
Unforgiving siege and bombardment: if children do not die, they suffer

http://aysekocsworld.com/2013/08/12/syria-shows-we-still-dont-mean-never-again/
SYRIA SHOWS WE STILL DON’T MEAN ‘NEVER AGAIN’

http://www.albawaba.com//news/uk-syria-540708
UK: Assad cash loophole closed

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-Syria-mess-is-Obamas-doing-335069
The Syria mess is Obama’s doing

http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/gaza-fighters-in-syria-pose-dilemma-for-pro-assad-left/
Gaza fighters in Syria pose dilemma for pro-Assad Left

http://www.leaderherald.com/page/content.detail/id/425716/Prominent-Shiite-cleric-backs-fighting-in-Syria.html?isap=1&nav=5042
Prominent Shiite cleric backs fighting in Syria

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/documents-show-turkey-sent-guns-to-syrian-rebels.aspx?pageID=238&nID=59615&NewsCatID=352
Documents show Turkey sent guns to Syrian rebels

http://m.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Dec-16/241218-report-bandar-asked-putin-to-delay-geneva-ii-conference.ashx
Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to extend the date of Geneva II peace conference ....

http://m.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Editorial/2013/Dec-16/241185-grasping-at-straws.ashx
The Obama administration’s “policy” on the Syrian crisis....

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/12/syria-fsa-islamic-front-geneva-ii-jarba.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8716
Syrian FSA fades in shadow of Saudi-backed opposition front

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/14/world/middleeast/for-syrian-refugees-short-of-food-and-clean-water-snow-is-an-added-challenge.html?hp=&_r=1&pagewanted=all&amp
For Syrian Refugees Short of Food and Clean Water, Snow Is an Added Challenge

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-geneva-and-the-alternative-to-the-assad-regime#.UqvrzQjklPE.twitter
Syria: Geneva and the Alternative to the Assad Regime


http://www.aawsat.net/2013/12/article55325081
Syria: Ankara mediates between FSA and Islamic Front

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/109751-report-hizbullah-engaged-in-direct-contacts-with-cia-pentagon
Report: Hizbullah Engaged in Direct Contacts with CIA, Pentagon


http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/12/why_is_saudi_arabia_buying_15000_us_anti_tank_missiles_for_a_land_war_it_will_ne#sthash.OjUZzNfU.dpbs
Why Is Saudi Arabia Buying 15,000 U.S. Anti-Tank Missiles for a War It Will Never Fight?

http://www.carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=53886&lang=en#wholeanswer
Claiming Europe’s Role on the World Stage

http://syrianobserver.com/News/News/ISIS+Expels+Ahrar+AlSham+from+Maskenh
ISIS Expels Ahrar Al-Sham from Maskenh

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/12/article55324955
Syria: FSA, Islamic Front face off

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/525298-relying-on-the-regime
Relying on the regime

http://rt.com/op-edge/usa-saudi-israel-iran-130/
'For once the US is saying 'No' to the Saudis'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10502018/The-Syrian-girl-who-cheated-death.html
The Syrian girl who cheated death

http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53896
Showdown at Bab al-Hawa

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/surveillance-and-censorship-inside-syrias-internet/
Surveillance and censorship: Inside Syria's Internet

http://m.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-13/240909-syria-the-latest-magnet-for-jihadist-suicide-bombers.ashx
Syria, the latest magnet for jihadist suicide bombers

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/12/12/the-utter-failure-of-obamas-syria-policy/
The Utter Failure of Obama’s Syria Policy

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/12/11/obama_adviser_extremism_possible_key_to_ending_syrian_civil_war#sthash.3IsBZKdp.dpbs
Passport Obama Advisor: 'Extremism' Could Be Key to Ending Syrian Civil War


http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/syria-who-are-assads-fascist-supporters/
SYRIA: Who are Assad’s fascist supporters?

http://www.ibtimes.com/what-syrian-electronic-army-th3pr0-alleged-sea-member-answers-questions-about-mysterious-hacker
What Is The Syrian Electronic Army? Th3Pr0, Alleged SEA Member, Answers Questions About Mysterious Hacker Collective

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/12/article55324804
Opinion: The Plan to Eliminate the Free Syrian Army

http://abujamajem.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/the-charter-of-the-syrian-islamic-front/
The Charter of the Syrian Islamic Front

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/richardspencer/100250185/ignore-the-conspiracy-theories-assad-was-behind-the-syrian-chemical-weapons-attack/
Ignore the conspiracy theories: Assad was behind the Syrian chemical weapons attack

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/11/surviving-syria-s-incendiary-bomb-attacks.html
Surviving Syria’s Incendiary Bomb Attacks

http://syrie.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/12/08/deir-ez-zor-a-lest-de-la-syrie-des-islamistes-des-tribus-et-du-petrole/
Deïr ez-Zor, à l’est de la Syrie. Des islamistes, des tribus et du pétrole…

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/rami-aysha-tortured-investigating-hezbollah?utm_source=vicetwitter
AN INTERVIEW WITH A JOURNALIST WHO WAS TORTURED FOR INVESTIGATING HEZBOLLAH

http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53858
The Battle in Eastern Syria, Part I

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/524969-524969-why-seymour-hersh-has-it-wrong-this-time
Why Seymour Hersh has it wrong this time

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/12/10/Al-Qaida-stakes-out-jihadist-emirate-in-Iraq-Syria/UPI-48121386701141/
Al-Qaida stakes out 'jihadist emirate' in Iraq, Syria

http://www.voanews.com/content/turkey-seeks-increase-trade-with-iran/1807523.html
Turkey Seeks Increased Trade with Iran

http://linkis.com/www.buzzfeed.com/ros/msst
Assad’s Favorite Nun To Meet Republican Conservatives

http://claysbeach.blogspot.fr/2013/12/whose-seymour-hersh.html
Whose Seymour Hersh?

http://insufficientrespect.blogspot.fr/2013/12/brown-moses-credibility-and.html
Brown Moses' credibility - and a conversation about chemical weapons

http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/a-blend-of-laws-keep-the-lid-on-crime-in-syrias-deraa-province
A blend of laws keep the lid on crime in Syria’s Deraa province

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/12/09/Syrian-rebels-in-charm-attack-against-Jihadists.html
Syrian rebels in charm attack against jihadists

http://eaworldview.com/2013/12/syria-special-chemical-weapons-conspiracy-wasnt-seymour-hershs-exclusive-dissected/
Syria Special: Chemical Weapons Conspiracy That Wasn’t — Hersh’s “Exclusive” Dissected

https://www.mei.edu/content/hezbollah-and-assassination-hassan-laqees
Hezbollah and the Assassination of Hassan Laqees

http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/997-activists-shrug-off-islamic-front-salafist-agenda
ACTIVISTS SHRUG OFF ISLAMIC FRONT'S SALAFIST AGENDA

https://mobile.mmedia.me/lb/en/interviews/524755-524755-talking-to-phillip-smyth
Talking to Phillip Smyth

http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/12/07/russian-envoy-against-hezbollah-withdrawal-from-syria/
Russian envoy against Hezbollah withdrawal from Syria

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/11/27/209982/mcclatchy-wont-publish-photos.html
McClatchy won't publish photos issued by White House

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/opinion/americas-inevitable-retreat-from-the-middle-east.html
America’s Inevitable Retreat From the Middle East

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/snowden-and-greenwald-the-men-who-leaked-the-secrets-20131204?page=3
Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets

http://www.etilaf.org/en/important_news/syrian-coalition-assad-regime-talk-about-a-political-solution-is-an-attempt-to-cover-up-his-brutal-massacres.html
Syrian Coalition: Assad Regime Talk about a Political Solution Is an Attempt to Cover Up His Brutal Massacres

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/08/how-the-usa-lost-its-syrian-allies.html
How the USA Lost Its Syrian Allies

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/mass-murder-in-the-middle-east-is-funded-by-our-friends-the-saudis-8990736.html
Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the Saudis

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/with-iran-obama-can-end-americas-long-war-for-the-middle-east/2013/12/06/4ab56fd4-5c3e-11e3-95c2-13623eb2b0e1_story.html
With Iran, Obama can end America’s long war for the Middle East

http://www.nucleardiner.com/blogs/?p=869&option=com_wordpress&Itemid=101#more-869
Sy Hersh on Syria: Some Problems

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/12/report-obama-administration-misled-on-syria.html
Did the Obama Administration Mislead the Public on Syria?

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=63086
Hezbollah fighters in Syria Qalamoun battles

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/12/blend-laws-lid-crime-syrias-deraa-province/#.UqHxG2Tk9cQbi
A Blend of Laws Keep the Lid on Crime in Syria’s Deraa Province

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25278211#TWEET977778
Hagel: US military power must back Iran nuclear deal

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/12/06/obama-and-putin-must-stop-the-appalling-slaughter-of-syrias-children/


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-josef-olmert/hizballah-syria-iran-and-_b_4398901.html
Hezbollah, Syria, Iran AND Israel -- the Ticking Time Bomb

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/12/blend-laws-lid-crime-syrias-deraa-province/#.UqHxG2Tk9cQbi
A Blend of Laws Keep the Lid on Crime in Syria’s Deraa Province

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2013/12/06-private-gulf-financing-syria-extremist-rebels-sectarian-conflict-dickinson/private-gulf-financing-syria-extremist-rebels-sectarian-conflict-dickinson.pdf
Playing with Fire: Why Private Gulf Financing for Syria’s Extremist Rebels Risks Igniting Sectarian Conflict at Home

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920915000497
Syria: Turkey Continues to Facilitate Flow of Terrorists, Arms to Syria

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/06/u-s-and-iran-see-nuclear-deal-differently/
U.S. and Iran see nuclear deal differently

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/524078-front-and-back
Front and back

http://www.meforum.org/3683/bandar-bin-sultan-syria
Bandar bin Sultan's Botched Syrian Intervention

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/524120-americas-unlearned-lessons
America's unlearned lessons


http://syrianfreedomls.tumblr.com/post/69173015417/as-millions-suffer-in-syria-america-looks-away
As millions suffer in Syria, America looks away

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/5/rep-mike-rogers-western-al-qaeda-members-syria/#.UqC84tv2E04.twitter
Syria nightmare: Fresh fears about al Qaeda fighters there returning home as sleeper terrorists

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Dec-05/240004-jihadists-execute-iraqi-cameraman-in-syria-rsf.ashx#axzz2mKRqye55
Activists: Rebels kill Iraqi journalist in Syria

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10498477/Leading-Syrian-rebels-defect-dealing-blow-to-fight-against-al-Qaeda.html
Leading Syrian rebels defect, dealing blow to fight against al-Qaeda

http://m.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/1203/Battlefield-lessons-in-Syria-strengthen-Hezbollah-s-fighting-force
Battlefield lessons in Syria strengthen Hezbollah's fighting force


http://eaworldview.com/2013/12/russia-spotlight-soldiers-misfortune-interview-russian-mercenary-syria/
Russia & Syria Spotlight: Soldiers Of Misfortune — Fresh Details On Failure Of Russian “Mercenaries”

http://eaworldview.com/2013/12/syria-today-obama-preparing-accept-assad-power/
Syria Analysis: Is Obama Preparing to Accept Assad in Power?

http://www.etilaf.org/en/press/assad-admits-to-having-groups-fighting-within-the-ranks-of-opposition.html
Assad Admits to having Groups Fighting “Within the Ranks of Opposition”

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/12/05/Tripoli-Lebanon-s-weakest-link.html
Tripoli: Lebanon’s weakest link

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/05/us-syria-crisis-qaeda-insight-idUSBRE9B40NH20131205
Insight: Beheadings and spies help al Qaeda gain ground in Syria

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/syrian-opposition-alleges_n_4393094.html
Syria Poison Gas Attack? Opposition Alleges New Assault

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-wests-new-strategy-in-syria-in-one-chart-2013-12#ixzz2mWnuS4ik
The West Has Totally Changed Its Strategy In Syria

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304579404579236350695601652
U.S., Allies Reach Out to Syria's Islamist Rebels

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/04/21549723-desperate-syrian-rebels-turn-homes-into-weapons-factories
Desperate Syrian rebels turn homes into weapons factories

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/exclusive-foreign-doctors-raise-alarm-over-syrian-birth-defects-8981073.html
Exclusive: Foreign doctors raise alarm over Syrian birth defects

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/shlomo-avineri-takes-america-to-task-for-lacking-a-coherent-strategy-to-counter-russian-diplomatic-gains
The Great American Losing Streak

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/who-dunnit-assassins-penetrate-hezbollah-stronghold
Mystery in Lebanon: How Did Assassins Penetrate Hezbollah Stronghold?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syrian-rebels-consider-joining-forces-with-regime-troops-to-fight-alqaida-8981081.html
Syrian rebels consider joining forces with regime troops to fight al-Qa’ida

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20131203/OPINION/131209680#full
Why Syria’s Islamic Front is bad news for radical groups

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/8632-syrian-regime-blocks-aid-to-besieged-areas
Syrian regime blocks aid to besieged areas 

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/rebels-consolidating-strength-in-syria-the-islamic-front
Rebels Consolidating Strength in Syria: The Islamic Front

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-in-syria-ousting-assad-may-be-only-the-beginning/2013/12/02/24013450-5b9d-11e3-a49b-90a0e156254b_story.html
Ousting Assad may be only the beginning

http://www.ecfr.eu/blog/entry/russia_looks_for_economic_gain_in_syria
Russia looks for economic gain in Syria

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/108126-syria-rebels-advance-in-maalula-send-tire-bombs-burtling-down-on-army
Syria Rebels Advance in Maalula, Send 'Tire Bombs' Burtling Down on Army

http://c.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/world-view/2013/dec/2/syria-conflict-threatens-tear-azerbaijan-apart/

http://news.yahoo.com/lebanon-villagers-torch-syria-refugee-tents-191212471.html;_ylt=A2KJ2Pb54JxSLDAAF3_QtDMD
Assad continues to flame the fans of sectarianism – Dirani family is from Amal – the political wing of Hezbollah.

https://twitter.com/p_vanostaeyen/status/407573438510145536/photo/1/large
Lebanon villagers torch Syria refugee tents

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/11/the-world-according-to-zbigniew-brzezinski-100354.html
The World According to Zbig

http://organization.greenwavenews.com/en/journal/610
Amir Hossein Jahanshahi unveiled a series of secret documents about an economic crisis in Iran

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/12/02/210288/how-al-qaidas-rise-drove-a-syrian.html
How al Qaida’s rise drove a Syrian revolutionary to choose exile

http://zamanalwsl.net/news/43767.html
Protests in Suweida after regime soldiers abuse a girl in front of people

http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=123485&frid=23&seccatid=20&cid=23&fromval=1
Syria’s Mekdad: KSA, Mossad Operating with Terrorists in Jordan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10485970/Syria-dispatch-from-band-of-brothers-to-princes-of-war.html
Syria dispatch: from band of brothers to princes of war

http://raseef22.com/News-Detail/549/Salafism-the-Islamic-Version-of-Protestantism-#.UppQo8TI2yo
Salafism: the Islamic Version of Protestantism?

http://oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/middle_east/syria_and_iraq_planning_long_war_and_long_recovery
Syria and Iraq: Planning for a Long War and a Long Recovery

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar-perspective/abdulaziz-al-mahmoud/261612/does-anybody-know-al-nusra-front
Does anybody know Al Nusra Front?

http://sana.sy/eng/29/2013/11/30/515150.htm
Liwa Iskenderun still immortalized in the hearts of Syrians

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Nov-28/239186-isis-poses-threat-to-turkish-security.ashx#axzz2m8h4YMbC
ISIS poses threat to Turkish security

http://zamanalwsl.net/en/news/2615.html
Assad activists accuse Hezbollah of treason due to rebels’ advances near Damascus

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/11/dubious-wisdom-assad-waiting-game-201311277454646897.html
Dubious wisdom: Assad's waiting game

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Nov-29/239362-iran-admits-close-intelligence-links-with-turkey.ashx#axzz2m3tqQq9t
Iran admits close intelligence links with Turkey

http://www.interpretermag.com/putin-the-godfather-of-the-world/
Putin: The Godfather of the World

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/charity/how-one-syrian-boys-tragedy-inspired-a-uae-response
How one Syrian boy’s tragedy inspired a UAE response

http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2013/11/28/syria-and-hezbollah-or-big-clash-in-damascus-ghota-in-days/

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-London-is-mediating-indirect-secret-talks-between-US-and-Hezbollah-333245

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Egypt-breaks-up-Mossad-spy-ring-333096

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/11/irans-nuclear-deal?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/israel_heads_for_a_terrifying_split

http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2013/11/28/syria-and-hezbollah-or-big-clash-in-damascus-ghota-in-days/

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Nov-28/239185-battles-rage-around-damascus-jihadists-slay-rival-rebel-leader.ashx#axzz2ltNyeBu5

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Nov-16/238017-battlefield-errors-one-head-too-many-for-isis.ashx#axzz2lrcXyLD6

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/11/27/number-of-foreign-fighters-from-europe-in-syria-is-historically-unprecedented-who-should-be-worried/


http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/syria-hezbollah-and-the-fight-for-control-in-qalamoun/
Syria, Hezbollah And The Fight For Control in Qalamoun

http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/968-regime-hezbollah-begin-blockade-of-nabek
REGIME, HEZBOLLAH BEGIN BLOCKADE OF NABEK

http://www.syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/958-syria-s-assad-accused-of-starving-civilians
SYRIA'S ASSAD ACCUSED OF STARVING CIVILIANS

http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-is-the-winner-saudi-arabia-and-israel-the-losers/
Russia is the Winner, Saudi Arabia and Israel the Losers

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/37068b3cabf9
The Syrian Government is Giving Missiles to Kurdish Separatists

http://www.thetower.org/turkey-fm-iran-turkey-relations-become-backbone-regional-stability-middle-east/

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/06/take-your-portion-a-victim-speaks-out-about-rape-in-syria/276979/

http://www.france24.com/en/20131127-istanbul-monastery-mosque-turkey-hurriyet

http://dawudwalid.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/responses-to-my-calling-out-the-term-abeed/


http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/syria-hezbollah-and-the-fight-for-control-in-qalamoun/
Syria, Hezbollah And The Fight For Control in Qalamoun

http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/968-regime-hezbollah-begin-blockade-of-nabek
REGIME, HEZBOLLAH BEGIN BLOCKADE OF NABEK

http://www.syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/958-syria-s-assad-accused-of-starving-civilians
SYRIA'S ASSAD ACCUSED OF STARVING CIVILIANS

http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-is-the-winner-saudi-arabia-and-israel-the-losers/
Russia is the Winner, Saudi Arabia and Israel the Losers

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/37068b3cabf9
The Syrian Government is Giving Missiles to Kurdish Separatists


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/27/syria-crisis-democrats-idUSL5N0J61VA20131127
INSIGHT-After Assad, Syria democrats learn to fear Qaeda

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Columnist/2013/Nov-14/237828-typhoon-assad-and-western-indifference.ashx#axzz2lzLE99tO
Typhoon Assad and Western indifference

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/27/america-middle-east-iran-nuclear-deal?CMP=twt_gu
America isn't leaving the Middle East, unfortunately

http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2013/11/what-can-i-say-make-you-care-about-syria
What can I say to make you care about Syria?


http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/syria-hezbollah-and-the-fight-for-control-in-qalamoun/
Syria, Hezbollah And The Fight For Control in Qalamoun

http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/968-regime-hezbollah-begin-blockade-of-nabek
REGIME, HEZBOLLAH BEGIN BLOCKADE OF NABEK

http://www.syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/958-syria-s-assad-accused-of-starving-civilians
SYRIA'S ASSAD ACCUSED OF STARVING CIVILIANS

http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-is-the-winner-saudi-arabia-and-israel-the-losers/
Russia is the Winner, Saudi Arabia and Israel the Losers

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/37068b3cabf9
The Syrian Government is Giving Missiles to Kurdish Separatists

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/522749-500-turks-join-al-qaeda-fighters-in-syria

http://www.theweek.co.uk/middle-east/syria/56259/why-some-christians-pray-assad-keep-power-syria

http://www.theweek.co.uk/world-news/syria/56111/celebrity-syrian-style-videos-encourage-narcissistic-glory

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/522628-when-god-kissed-satan



http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-20/saudi-rage-over-syria-leaves-shiites-anxious-about-reprisals.html
Saudi Rage Over Syria Leaves Shiites Anxious About Reprisals

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/522465-the-bad-deal
In Geneva, the Obama administration “successfully” negotiates the terms of America’s surrender


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAN_SECRET_TALKS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-24-00-31-07

 http://syriadirect.org/main/36-interviews/955-regime-control-of-qalamoun-is-frightening-very-frightening


http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303914304579194203188283242
As Syrian Chemical Attack Loomed, Missteps Doomed Civilians

http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/world/story/1.2438476
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/11/children-the-target-of-snipers-in-syria.html


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10470075/The-plight-of-Syrias-refugee-children-Fear-poverty-and-a-freezing-winter.html
The plight of Syria's refugee children: Fear, poverty and a freezing winter

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/iran-at-saban/posts/2013/11/24-doran-hidden-cost-iran-nuclear-deal
The Hidden Cost Of The Iranian Nuclear Deal

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303914304579194203188283242
As Syrian Chemical Attack Loomed, Missteps Doomed Civilians

http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/250462
US embassy cables: Syrian spy chief's surprise appearance at US talks

http://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/jabhat-al-islamiyya-the-islamic-front-syrias-newest-merger-of-rebel-groups/
Jabhat al-Islāmiyya – The Islamic Front Syria’s newest merger of rebel groups

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/11/shabiha-visits-mother/#.UpE5xsTI3X5
A Shabiha Visits with His Mother

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/11/syria-opposition-qalamoun-battle-war.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8604
The coming 'battle for Qalamoun'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/syria-may-have-given-up-chemical-weapons-but-what-to-do-next-is-proving-to-be-tricky/2013/11/23/e8acf422-52d0-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html
Syria may have given up chemical weapons, but what to do next is proving tricky

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/syria-rebels-islamic-front_n_4324171.html?ref=topbar
Syrian Rebel Groups Form New Islamic Front, Challenge Moderate Rebel Leadership

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raghida-dergham/lebanon-a-battlefield-bet_b_4326002.html
Lebanon a Battlefield between Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, and Jihadists

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/22/kurds-shaping-middle-east-syria-autonomy
Kurds are now shaping the Middle East

http://adandachi.com/istanbul/my-beloved-radio/
My Beloved Two Decade Old Radio

http://eaworldview.com/2013/11/syria-analysis-significant-insurgent-formation-islamic-front/
Syria Analysis: Why and How Insurgent Formation of an Islamic Front Changes the Conflict

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/22/for-the-bashar-al-assad-crossing-obama-s-red-line-was-a-win-win.html
For Bashar Al-Assad, Crossing Obama's Red Line Was a Win-Win

http://darthnader.net/2013/11/22/response-to-syria-the-revolution-that-never-was/
Response to ‘Syria: the revolution that never was’

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-and-us-almost-in-consensus-on-syria-and-iraq-arinc-says-after-meeting-with-biden.aspx?pageID=238&nid=58411&NewsCatID=359
Turkey and US almost in consensus on Syria and Iraq, Arınç says after meeting with Biden

http://livewire.amnesty.org/2013/11/22/syrias-town-of-the-starving/
Syria’s ‘town of the starving’

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/i.html?cid=37390846&sb=twi
Syria Islamists unite as faction-fighting goes on

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/turning-the-tide-six-syrian-rebel-groups-join-forces-to-counter-rise-of-alqaida-8957727.html
Turning the tide? Six Syrian rebel groups join forces to counter rise of al-Qa'ida

http://www.agenceglobal.com/index.php?show=article&Tid=3104
Beirut Bombs Are Much More than Syria War Spillover

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131122/184873396/Chechen-Official-Fired-After-Daughter-Found-Fighting-in-Syria.html
Chechen Official Fired After Daughter Found Fighting in Syria

http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/the-serekeniye-martyrs-offensive-kurds-consolidate-control-in-hasaka-v/
The Serekeniye Martyr's Offensive: Kurds Consolidate Control in Hasaka

http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=123096
Ayatollah Sistani: Assad and Maliki should be removed

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140273/william-mccants/how-zawahiri-lost-al-qaeda#cid=soc-twitter-at-snapshot-how_zawahiri_lost_al_qaeda-000000
How Zawahiri Lost al Qaeda


http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Nov-20/238370-officials-deny-funds-from-kuwait-flow-to-syria.ashx#axzz2lDgguLgY
Officials deny funds from Kuwait flow to Syria

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/74ecd413cb93
How to Take Out 1,800 Tanks in Two Years


http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53567
The Greater Damascus Operations Room – Part 2

http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53566
The Greater Damascus Operations Room – Part 1

http://carnegie-mec.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53432
A Dispute in Douma

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/11/article55323118
Opinion: Lebanon is a booby-trapped mailbox

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/521858-an-explosive-proxy-war
An explosive proxy war

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-miller/the-insane-story-of-russi_b_4317729.html
The Insane Story of Russian Mercenaries Fighting for the Syrian Regime

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3927129.ece
Diary of war: besieged Syria rebel tells of his struggle to survive

http://www.frontlineclub.com/syria-changing-media-coverage/
Syria: Changing Media Coverage?

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/521457-hezbollahs-strategy-in-qalamoun
Hezbollah's strategy in Qalamoun

http://mondediplo.com/blogs/special-report-fixing-intelligence-on-syria
Special report: fixing intelligence on Syria?

http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/947-wadi-barada-uses-water-spring-to-keep-regime-invasion-at-bay
WADI BARADA USES WATER SPRING TO KEEP REGIME INVASION AT BAY

http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2013/11/18/syria-the-unraveling-for-turkey-s-pm-erd
Syria - The Unraveling for Turkey's PM Erdogan

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303309504579181962177007316
Meet the Syrian Rebel Commander Assad, Russia and the U.S. All Fear

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/11/abdelqader-salehs-death-spell-doom-aleppos-rebels/#.UoyrLtLz37x
Will Abdelqader Saleh’s Death Spell Doom for Aleppo’s Rebels?

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/11/turkey-backs-off-support-syria-rebels-border.html
Turkey backing off support for jihadists on Syria border

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/world/middleeast/syria.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&
Death of Pragmatic Leader Further Muddles Syrian Rebellion

http://www.albawaba.com/news/moscow-iran-syria-534499
Moscow calls Tehran, meets with Syrian government behind closed doors

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/18/syria-revolution-civil-war-conflict-rivalry
'Syria is not a revolution any more – this is civil war'

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Nov-18/238221-geagea-nasrallahs-justification-distort-facts.ashx#axzz2l2XH8YL6
Geagea: Nasrallah's justification distort facts

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/a-deal-with-the-devil-could-save-syria-from-the-inferno
A deal with the devil could save Syria from the inferno

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/world/middleeast/syrian-rebels-coalesce-into-a-fighting-force.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&
Life With Syria’s Rebels in a Cold and Cunning War

http://english.irib.ir/galleries/item/168387-hezbollah-aids-assad-troops-recapture-damascus
Hezbollah aids Assad troops recapture Damascus

http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=123096
Ayatollah Sistani: Assad and Maliki must go

http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/death-abdelqader-saleh/
The Death of Abdelqader Saleh by Aron Lund for Syria Comment

http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/r14/World/Middle-East/2013/1116/Syrian-rebels-competition-for-limited-money-and-weapons-turns-brutal
Syrian rebels' competition for limited money and weapons turns brutal

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/assad-gaining-ground-syrian-civil-war
ASSAD GAINING GROUND IN SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

http://aramhamath.blogspot.fr/2013/11/black-flag.html?spref=tw
Black Flag

http://syriadirect.org/main/37-videos/937-resigned-rebel-general-excoriates-battalion-leaders
RESIGNED REBEL GENERAL EXCORIATES BATTALION LEADERS

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/521121-syria-opposition-chief-very-interested-in-moscow-meeting
Syria opposition chief "very interested" in Moscow meeting

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/11/the-next-bin-laden/281538/
The Next Bin Laden

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/11/16/SNC-Iran-begins-invasion-of-Damascus-suburbs.html
Syria opposition talks of Iranian ‘invasion’


http://notgeorgesabra.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/mother-anges-unmasked/
Mother Agnes Unmasked

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/world/middleeast/syrian-governments-forces-gain-but-a-siege-war-goes-on.html?smid=tw-share
Syrian Government’s Forces Gain, but a Siege War Goes On

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-confronts-policy-missteps-on-syria-with-rise-of-al-qaeda-across-the-border/2013/11/16/e6183f12-4e27-11e3-97f6-ed8e3053083b_story.html
Turkey confronts policy missteps on Syria with rise of al-Qaeda across the border

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/11/article55322528
Syria’s Kurds: In or Out?

http://m.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Global-Viewpoint/2013/1115/America-s-global-stature-is-slipping.-But-that-might-not-be-a-bad-thing
America's global stature is slipping. But that might not be a bad thing.


http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Nov-16/238017-battlefield-errors-one-head-too-many-for-isis.ashx#axzz2kol8aRSH
Battlefield errors: One head too many for ISIS?

http://www.theatlanticpost.com/foreign-policy/irans-support-assad-regime-fading-gallup-poll-5427.html
Gallup poll: Iran’s support for Assad regime fading

http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/notes-growing-fight-isis-nusra-ahrar-factions-fsa/
Notes on the Growing Struggle between ISIS, Nusra/Ahrar, and other factions of the FSA

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Analysis-Hezbollah-and-Iran-two-branches-of-the-same-tree-331996
Analysis: Hezbollah and Iran – two branches of the same tree

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/14112013
President Barzani Slams PYD in Syria, Rejects Autonomy


http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/11/15/turkey-warns-against-kurdish-autonomy-in-syria/
Turkey warns against Kurdish autonomy in Syria


http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/158551/-dprk-denies-reports-of-sending-fighter-pilots-to-syria.html
DPRK denies reports of sending fighter pilots to Syria


http://world.time.com/2013/11/14/jihad-for-beginners-westerners-fighting-with-al-qaeda-in-syria/
Jihad for Beginners: Westerners Fighting With al-Qaeda in Syria

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/15/us-syria-crisis-geneva-insight-idUSBRE9AE08A20131115?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
Insight: As powers push for talks, Syria balance tilts towards Assad


http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pyd-has-authority-only-on-regions-given-by-the-al-assad-regime-iraqi-kurdish-leader-barzani-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=57956&NewsCatID=352
PYD has authority only on regions ‘given by the al-Assad regime’: Iraqi Kurdish leader Barzani

http://www.agenceglobal.com/index.php?show=article&Tid=3101
Hizbullah’s Strengths May Generate Weaknesses

http://m.weeklystandard.com/articles/secret-history-hezbollah_767144.html?page=1
The Secret History of Hezbollah

http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2013/11/25-obama-middle-east-debacle-doran
Obama’s Middle East Debacle

http://www.interpretermag.com/st-petersburg-sends-contractors-to-syria/
St. Petersburg Sends Contractors to Syria

http://www.interpretermag.com/mercenaries-fighting-abroad-now-face-up-to-six-years-in-prison/
But will mercenaries fighting for Assad receive the same sentence?


http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/11/mohammed-9-scavenges-landfills-survive/#.UoYWQnB4r7w
Mohammed, 9, Scavenges Landfills to Survive


http://www.zawya.com/story/Qatar_to_emerge_as_major_centre_for_Islamic_finance-ZAWYA20131111035758/?utm_source=dlvr.it
Qatar to emerge as major centre for Islamic finance


http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2013/11/131112_sheshenya_omar_.shtml


http://csis.org/publication/saudi-arabia-and-arab-frontline-states
Saudi Arabia and the Arab “Frontline” States

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/render/live/en/sites/almonitor/contents/articles/originals/2013/11/syria-kurds-government-plan-wilgenburg.html
Syrian Kurdish Party declares transitional government


http://www.aymennjawad.org/12686/looking-at-alawites
The Alawite Religion: Considering Metempsychosis

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/qatar-loses-clout-amid-fading-arab-spring/2013/11/13/f3072b64-46ea-11e3-95a9-3f15b5618ba8_story.html
Qatar loses clout amid fading Arab Spring

http://raseef22.com/News-Detail/478/-Political-Shiism;-From-Past-Tragedies-to-Present-day-Power#.UoXhZnB4r7w
Political Shi’ism; From Past Tragedies to Present-day Power

http://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/a-strategic-mistake-isis-beheads-a-member-of-harakat-ahrar-as-sham/
A strategic mistake ~ ISIS beheads a member of Harakat Ahrār as-Shām

http://voiceofrussia.com/2013_11_14/Conflict-in-Syria-makes-number-of-German-jihadists-rise-1303/
Conflict in Syria makes number of German jihadists rise

http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2013/11/state7492.htm
Massoud Barzani pessimistic about Syria's autonomous Kurdish government


http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-should-geneva-2-happen#.UoT-4d_QNbo.twitter
Syria: Should Geneva 2 Happen?

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.557727
Hardened in Syrian war, Hezbollah presents new set of threats


http://www.etilaf.org/en/press/assads-barbaric-offensive-on-southern-damascus.html
Assad’s Barbaric Offensive on Southern Damascus


https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/520753-obama-knows-best
Obama knows best


http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=330917
PYD leader says Turkey seems to have stopped aiding Syrian radical groups

http://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/alqaeda
Alliance Against America: Al Qaeda and Iran

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/11/syria-opposition-says-armed-kurds-hostile-2013111319156414866.html
Syria opposition says armed Kurds 'hostile'

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/520664-disunity-could-scupper-syria-kurdish-region
Disunity could scupper Syria Kurdish region

http://internationalpoliticalforum.com/why-assad-will-not-lose-the-unspoken-consensus-on-syria/
Why ASSad will not lose: The unspoken consensus on Syria.

http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-syrias-banker-and-arms-supplier/
Russia: Syria’s Banker and Arms Supplier

http://ammarabdulhamid.com/2013/11/11/al-qaeda-resurgent/
As the world watches on, Al-Qaeda is gradually building a state for herself in Syria and Iraq.

http://www.matthewaid.com/post/58798393936/alliance-of-jihadi-militant-groups-in-syria-beginning#notes
Alliance of Jihadi Militant Groups in Syria Beginning to Fracture

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/11/us-syria-crisis-kurds-idUSBRE9AA0E620131111
Syrian Kurds' military gains stir unease


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/11/iran-setad-properties-idUSL3N0IP32O20131111
SPECIAL REPORT-Khamenei controls vast financial empire built on property seizures

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/iran/#article/part2
Khamenei’s conglomerate thrived as sanctions squeezed Iran

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/op-eds/meeting-returned-tunisian-foreign-fighter-syrian-front/#.UoNX1HB4r7x
Meeting a Returned Tunisian Foreign Fighter from the Syrian Front

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/520359-as-iran-talks-falter-is-saudi-relieved
As Iran talks falter, is Saudi relieved?

http://www.voanews.com/content/boosted-by-foreign-shiite-militia-assads-forces-advance-on-aleppo/1788908.html
Boosted by Foreign Shi'ite Militia, Assad's Forces Advance on Aleppo


http://www.voanews.com/content/new-syrian-opposition-coalition-initiatives-rejected-by-jihadists/1788846.html
New Syrian Opposition Coalition Initiatives Rejected by Jihadists


http://warontherocks.com/2013/11/is-iran-serious-about-a-deal/
IS IRAN SERIOUS ABOUT A DEAL?


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/world/middleeast/private-donors-funds-add-wild-card-to-war-in-syria.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
Private Donors’ Funds Add Wild Card to War in Syria


http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/iran-shows-perception-matters-more-than-reality-at-global-level
Iran shows perception matters more than reality at global level

http://middleeastvoices.voanews.com/2013/11/insight-why-the-narrative-youve-heard-about-syria-is-wrong-64173/
INSIGHT: Why the Narrative You’ve Heard About Syria Is Wrong

http://pjmedia.com/blog/after-the-pax-americana/
After the Pax Americana



http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Nov-09/237288-from-north-to-east-isis-losses-outweigh-victories.ashx#axzz2kLLMeThv
From north to east, ISIS losses outweigh 'victories'

http://world.time.com/2013/11/07/taking-the-lead-hizballah-girds-for-key-syria-battle-on-assads-behalf/#ixzz2kBhnbkpK
Taking the Lead, Hizballah Girds for Key Syria Battle on Assad’s Behalf



http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-turkey-border-radicals-20131110,0,4858958.story#axzz2kKHSYkgB
Turkey is alarmed by extremist militants in Syria border area


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10437730/Syrian-opposition-accuses-Russia-of-blocking-humanitarian-aid.html
Syrian opposition accuses Russia of blocking humanitarian aid

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/11/setbacks-united-rebel-command-doubt/#.Un4-43B4r7x
Amid New Setbacks, United Rebel Command in Doubt


http://www.aawsat.net/2013/11/article55321549
Syria: Ahrar Al-Sham leader threatens to form Islamist rebel command


http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/11/06/Confronting-al-Qaeda-in-Syria.html
Confronting al-Qaeda in Syria

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/syria-live/how-a-damascus-suburb-turned-into-a-killing-zone/article11494205/
How a Damascus suburb turned into a killing zone

http://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/terrorism-fundamentalism/15167-senior-irgc-commander-killed-in-syria-reveals-extent-of-iranian-regime-involvement
Killing of senior IRGC commander in Syria reveals extent of Iranian regime involvement


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/11/06/assads-overlooked-international-crimes/
Assad’s overlooked international crimes



https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/519737-clear-priorities
A close examination of Kerry's Riyadh Air Force Base speech reveals that it's not as reassuring as it claimed to be


http://world.time.com/2013/11/07/taking-the-lead-hizballah-girds-for-key-syria-battle-on-assads-behalf/#ixzz2k2p2Ntag
Taking the Lead, Hizballah Girds for Key Syria Battle on Assad’s Behalf


http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/nov/03/syria-assault-doctors/
Syria’s Assault on Doctors


http://www.todayszaman.com/news-330993-assad-may-have-handed-chemical-arms-to-allies-to-avoid-destruction-of-stockpile.html
‘Assad may have handed chemical arms to allies to avoid destruction of stockpile'

http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-strike-uss-nimitz-return-2013-11
Pentagon's Latest Move Signals Little Chance Of US Strike Against Syria


http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/11/06/In-Assads-Syria-Iranians-are-calling-the-shots/UPI-80771383760409/
In Assad's Syria, Iranians are calling the shots


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/world/middleeast/syrians-and-observers-increasingly-see-assad-as-likely-to-stay.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=1&
Syrians on Both Sides of the War Increasingly See Assad as Likely to Stay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fDNW4G7Kjo

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/11/06/In-Assads-Syria-Iranians-are-calling-the-shots/UPI-80771383760409/
In Assad's Syria, Iranians are calling the shots


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alon-benmeir/the-source-of-assads-stay_b_4227619.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
The Source of Assad's Staying Power

http://www.interpretermag.com/russia-and-iran-bashar-al-assads-life-support/
Russia and Iran: Bashar al Assad’s Life Support


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/06/russia-eyeing-post-assad-future-allies-say-moderate-rebels-losing-ground/
Russia eyeing post-Assad future, allies say; moderate rebels losing ground

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304391204579179664159130986
In Southern Turkey, Renewed Fears of Sectarian Strife

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/11/grave-luxury/#.Un1nC3B4r7z
When the Grave Becomes a Luxury


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/6/flow-of-anti-aircraft-missiles-to-syria-could-land/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
Missiles flow into Syria, risk falling into hands of al Qaeda


http://www.idfblog.com/2013/11/06/senior-idf-commander-hezbollahs-battle-tactics-spreading-syria/#.UnqvCil-KDA.twitter
Senior IDF Commander: Hezbollah’s Battle Tactics Spreading to Syria


http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/syria-the-ground-truth-and-geneva/


http://www.aawsat.net/2013/11/article55321549
Syria: Ahrar Al-Sham leader threatens to form Islamist rebel command


http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/05/world/europe/syria-turkey-al-qaeda/
Al Qaeda-linked group strengthens hold in northern Syria


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA_MILITANT_LEADER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
ELUSIVE AL-QAIDA LEADER IN SYRIA STAYS IN SHADOWS


http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINDEE9A504120131106?irpc=932
In Assad's Damascus, Syrians fall prey to gun law


http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/131101/syrian-conflict-stokes-sunni-anger-lebanon-army-Hezbollah
Syrian conflict stokes Sunni anger in Lebanon, with army now seen as threat

http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/not-a-zero-sum-game-for-gulf-states-1.1250298
Not a zero-sum game for Gulf states


http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/04/world/europe/isis-gaining-strength-on-syria-turkey-border/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter
Al Qaeda-linked group gains strength on NATO's border


http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/09/30/130930fa_fact_filkins?currentPage=all
The Shadow Commander

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/04/syria-journey-into-nightmare-war?CMP=twt_gu
Syria: my journey into a nightmare war

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/nov/03/syria-assault-doctors/
Syria’s Assault on Doctors


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/02/opinion/nonsense-from-assad.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0


 http://souriahouria.com/the-struggle-for-syrias-soul-oula-abdulhamid/
A personal account of Baathist and Islamic indoctrination in Syria’s schools

http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-army-allies-push-southern-damascus-activists-170804513.html
Syrian army and allies push into southern Damascus: activists


http://syrie.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/10/31/syrie-les-silences-et-les-choix-du-rapport-dhrw-sur-la-liberation-de-la-cote-sources-de-malaise-et-dinterrogation/
Syrie. Les silences et les choix du rapport d’HRW sur la « libération de la côte », sources de malaise et d’interrogation


http://rosealhomsi.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/the-damascus-suburbs-starving-forgotten-children-a-new-somalia-heard-of-it-syria/
The Damascus suburbs starving forgotten children..a new Somalia..heard of it? Syria


http://spioenkop.blogspot.fr/2013/11/jaish-al-islam-and-her-air-force_3.html?spref=tw
Jaish al-Islam and her Air Force


http://www.basnews.net/en/News/Details/Assad-regime-helps-PYD-against-Kurdish-opposition/5034
Assad regime helps PYD against Kurdish opposition


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/03/radicalisation-syria-turkish-president-abdullah-gul?CMP=twt_gu
Radicalisation in Syria poses growing threat to Europe, says Turkish leader



http://www.globalresearch.ca/media-fabrications-and-the-war-on-syria-how-the-western-press-parrots-israeli-propaganda/5356589
Media Fabrications and the War on Syria: How the Western Press Parrots Israeli Propaganda


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23190533
Face-to-face with Abu Sakkar, Syria's 'heart-eating cannibal'

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/11/article55320924
 Opinion: Thanks, Al-Qaeda
 Former Lebanese minister Wiam Wahab is useful, because he is Assad’s mouthpiece in Lebanon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/world/middleeast/stick-figures-and-stunted-growth-as-warring-syria-goes-hungry.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&#h[] 
Stick Figures and Stunted Growth as Warring Syria Goes Hungry

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/02/world/middleeast/turkey-and-iran-suggest-a-thaw-in-stands-on-syrian-conflict.html?_r=2&#038
Turkey and Iran Signal a Softening of Differences Over Syria


http://www.economist.com/blogs/charlemagne/2013/09/turkey-and-syrian-kurds?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/a_little_noticed_battle
Turkey and the Syrian Kurds / A little-noticed battle


http://dissectednews.com/2013/10/starvation-crisis-in-damascus-spreads-2.html
Starvation Crisis in Damascus Spreads


http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/as-sunni-violence-spirals-some-shiites-issue-call-to-arms-and-iraqi-government-seeks-us-help/2013/10/30/fc5e0518-412a-11e3-b028-de922d7a3f47_story.html
As Sunni violence spirals, some Shiites issue call to arms and Iraqi government seeks US help


http://m.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Oct-31/236356-medieval-warfare-siege-tactics-and-starvation-in-syria.ashx
Medieval warfare: Siege tactics and starvation in Syria



http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Oct-30/236312-russia-warns-of-huge-threat-if-syria-talks-fail.ashx#axzz2jCS9V0fi
Russia warns of 'huge threat' if Syria talks fail


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/31/pitfalls_of_a_realist_mideast_strategy_120520.html#ixzz2jJ148jLY
Pitfalls of a 'Realist' Mideast Strategy


http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/syria-crisis-hunger-idINDEE99T03W20131030
INSIGHT - Starvation in Syria: a war tactic


http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/the-agony-of-syria-hospitals-1.1248758
The agony of Syria hospitals


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/us-syria-crisis-geneva-idUSBRE99T0MV20131030
Exclusive: Syria peace talks face delay as big powers split


http://blogs.euobserver.com/debeuf/#.Um5UL4VrT-Y.twitter
Syria: the land of broken promises 

http://www.thenational.ae/iran-bans-newspaper-bahar-for-story-questioning-shia-islam
Iran bans newspaper Bahar for story questioning Shia Islam

http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/irans-secret-night-flights-to-arm-syrias-assad-revealed
Iran’s secret night flights to arm Syria’s Assad revealed


http://syriadirect.org/main/37-videos/886-regime-forces-squeeze-al-waar-to-bring-homs-district-to-its-knees-activists
Regime forces squeeze al-Waar to bring Homs district to its knees - activists



http://carnegie-mec.org/2013/10/28/unifying-syria-s-rebels-saudi-arabia-joins-fray/greh
Unifying Syria’s Rebels: Saudi Arabia Joins the Fray


http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-kerrys-empty-words-on-syria/2013/10/28/d422b6c4-3feb-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html
Mr. Kerry’s empty words on Syria


http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/883-government-message-to-newly-blockaded-homs-district-kneel-or-starve
GOVERNMENT MESSAGE TO NEWLY BLOCKADED HOMS DISTRICT: "KNEEL OR STARVE"


http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/26/syria-peace-talks-women-raped
What's going on in Syria is about a lot more than chemical weapons


http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=329519
Assad posing with Turkish Communist Party resistance symbol sparks outrage


http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-hizballah-execution-video.html
The “Hizballah Execution Video”: Confirmation of Shia Militia Involvement


http://insufficientrespect.blogspot.de/2013/10/syria-isnt-hopeless.html
Syria isn't hopeless

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/world/middleeast/obamas-uncertain-path-amid-syria-bloodshed.html?ref=international-home&_r=1&
Obama’s Uncertain Path Amid Syria Bloodshed


http://beta.syriadeeply.org/op-eds/rebel-advance-daraa-raises-jihadist-profile-southern-syria/#.Umu3jXB4r7x
Rebel Advance in Daraa Raises Jihadist Profile in Southern Syria


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/10/23/political-science-says-syrias-civil-war-will-probably-last-at-least-another-decade/
Political science says Syria’s civil war will probably last at least another decade

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2013/10/15/syrias-bashar-assad-may-cling-to-power-but-not-over-the-whole-country
Syria As We Know It Is Gone



http://www.todayszaman.com/columnist/abdullah-bozkurt-329777-turkey-fights-iran-backed-al-qaeda.html
Turkey fights Iran-backed al-Qaeda


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/world/middleeast/hardships-mounting-for-refugees-inside-syria.html?pagewanted=1&ref=world&_r=0
Hardships Mounting for Refugees Inside Syria


http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-is-it-too-late-to-do-anything
Syria: Is it Too Late To Do Anything?


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/22/in-a-weapons-shell-game-russia-is-still-arming-syria.html
In a Weapons Shell Game, Russia Is Still Arming Syria


https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/subtle-messages-from-turkish-artillery-launchers

Why Turkey is firing on jihadists in Syria



http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/10/24/middle-east-allies-lose-faith-in-obama/
Middle East allies lose faith in Obama


http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/syrians-stranded-in-istanbul-putting-down-roots-out-of-necessity-1.1571655#.UmktpvkjZ_A.twitter
Syrians stranded in Istanbul putting down roots out of necessity


http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/jordanian-jihadists-active-in-syria
Jordanian Jihadists Active in Syria


http://www.noria-research.com/2013/10/24/the-civilian-administration-of-the-insurgency-in-aleppo/
THE CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATION OF THE INSURGENCY IN ALEPPO


http://qunfuz.com/2013/10/11/a-slaughter-of-alawi-innocents/

A Slaughter of Alawi Innocents



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/opinion/international/putting-out-the-syrian-fire.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

Putting Out the Syrian Fire




http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/20/foreign-jihadists-surpass-afghan-soviet-war-storm-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS#ixzz2iLg0sNtE
Foreign jihadists surpass Afghan-Soviet war, storm Syria in record numbers


http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-camp-collection-point-for-german-jihadists-in-syria-a-929026.html
The 'German Camp': Jihadists from Germany Set up Base in Syria



http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Oct-21/235257-besieged-syrian-town-pleads-for-help-in-letter.ashx#ixzz2iNNdqGKs
Besieged Syrian town pleads for help in letter


http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/too-late-for-us-to-win-syrian-hearts-1.1243836#.Ul87z4yFFkc.twitter

Too late for US to win Syrian hearts



http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=121157#Syria
Assad’s new Kurdish tactic


https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/516544-plunder-and-the-shabbihas-black-markets

Plunder and the Shabbiha’s black markets



http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303902404579150011732240016

Spy Chief Distances Saudis From U.S.



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/health/in-syria-doctors-risk-life-and-juggle-ethics.html?_r=2&#038

In Syria, Doctors Risk Life and Juggle Ethics


http://linkis.com/beta.syriadeeply.org/6ihr

Syria Through the Eyes of Intelligence


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/22/saudi-arabia-diplomat-shift-us?CMP=twt_gu

Saudi Arabia set for diplomatic shift away from US


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/10/22/six-reasons-the-u-s-and-saudi-arabia-are-moving-apart/

Six reasons the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are moving apart



http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/22/kerry-talks-us-saudi-rift-foreign-policy

Kerry holds urgent talks as US-Saudi rift deepens over Middle East policy


http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fred-hiatt-obamas-u-turn-on-human-rights/2013/10/20/7040e52c-3807-11e3-80c6-7e6dd8d22d8f_story.html

Obama’s U-turn on democracy and human rights


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/22/in-a-weapons-shell-game-russia-is-still-arming-syria.html

http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=329519

http://www.vice.com/read/town-under-siege

http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/10/15/what-to-make-of-saudi-hand-wringing/gqey

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2466574/War-Syria-Snipers-target-unborn-children-chilling-competition-win-cigarettes.html


https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/assads-terror-famine

Assad’s terror-famine



http://m.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2013/1018/Weapons-fighters-flow-to-Syria-s-next-battlefront-as-offensive-looms

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/10/the-dilemma-of-syrias-alawites.html?mbid=social_retweet

THE DILEMMA OF SYRIA’S ALAWITES


http://zamanalwsl.net/en/news/2083.html
Who is funding ISIS?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-16/starving-syrians-told-to-eat-cats2c-dogs-and-donkeys/5025102

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/13/us-allies-let-funds-flow-to-al-qaeda-in-syria/#.UlxKXnyIL64.twitter

http://www.vice.com/read/town-under-siege

 http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/10/turkey-syria-policy-isis-al-qaeda.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8376

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-10-16/this-is-what-deadlocked-war-leads-to-syrias-sniper-game/

http://pulsemedia.org/2013/10/16/the-west-is-wrong-on-syria/

http://rt.com/op-edge/syria-military-rebels-army-316/

http://dianadarke.com/2013/10/17/death-by-extremism-in-syria/

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/content/analysis-implications-syria-and-lebanon-increasingly-divided-salafi-groups

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/18/saudi_arabia_rejects_security_council_seat

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/assads-terror-famine

http://turkeywonk.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/turkey-is-in-trouble-ankaras-no-win-syria-strategy/

http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-playground-made-of-russian-rockets-2013-10

http://news.yahoo.com/weapons-fighters-flow-syrias-next-battlefront-offensive-looms-133331614.html

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/10/qa-turkey-shifting-stance-syria/#.UmJyF9J4r7y

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/17/dispatches-russia-praises-hrw-syria-what-next

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2013/10/18/why-did-saudi-arabia-reject-a-un-security-council-seat/

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3898764.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_10_18%E2%80%9D

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/al-qaeda-linked-groups-taking-root-in-syria/2013/10/13/11d01b12-334c-11e3-8627-c5d7de0a046b_story.html

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/state-fragmentation-is-almost-inevitable-in-war-torn-syria#ixzz2heAe7le0

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/23/magazine/23GURU.html?pagewanted=1

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/seven-days-with-syrian-rebels

http://972mag.com/after-chemical-attack-damascus-suburbs-face-starvation/79851/

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/syria-has-a-massive-rape-crisis#.Ulmvytc-G_4.twitter

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/11/205172/more-syria-rebel-groups-leave.html

http://syrie.blog.lemonde.fr/2013/10/11/la-detention-linstrumentalisation-et-la-torture-des-enfants-pratiques-courantes-dans-la-syrie-du-docteur-bachar-al-assad-12/

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022018819_syriaschoolsxml.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/nobel-peace-prize-syrians-ask-what-peace-as-deaths-continue-8875005.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24490334

http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=328827

http://syriadirect.org/main/37-videos/859-fsa-hits-homs-oil-refinery

http://www.article-3.com/how-bashar-al-assad-is-using-new-media-to-preserve-old-tyranny-912838

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-wolfson-md/feeling-syria_b_4042096.html?utm_hp_ref=tw


http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-russia-s-choice#.UlZakOZ4gPU.twitter

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/assad-regime-wages-pr-campaign-to-discredit-rebels-a-926479.html

http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/6282-germany-restores-security-cooperation-with-assad-regime

http://johnwreford.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/syrian-tears-in-istanbul/


http://www.defence.pk/forums/middle-east-africa/281802-ksa-fears-syria-war-turning-against-her-interests.html#.Ulg2YqH6smE.twitter

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B84CVGsIA7E1S1RWYUFuUkZxQ0E/edit?usp=sharing

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/10/10/the-game-saudi-arabia-and-iran-are-playing-in-syria

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/10/world/meast/syria-incendiary-attack/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter

 http://notgeorgesabra.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/islamism-as-internationalism/

 http://www.statesman.com/videos/news/us-and-turkey-clashing-over-arms-flow-into-syria/vCFTcJ/

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/10/10/the-alawites-fact-fiction-and-fear/

http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINDEE99804420131009?irpc=932

http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINDEE99804420131009?irpc=932

http://iphone.france24.com/en/20131008-syria-rebels-weapons-workshops-arms-assad-fsa


http://www.international.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9947:syrians-struggle-with-a-life-of-sorts&catid=268:inter-press-service&Itemid=377

http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/zana-khasraw-gul/kurdish-jihadist-battleground-in-syria-ramifications-in-iraqi-kurdis

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/10/09/destabilizing-the-last-stable-area-in-the-middle-east/

http://warincontext.org/2013/10/08/banksy-and-syria-the-rebels-who-hide-and-the-rebels-who-fight/

http://freehalab.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/bosnia-and-syria-genocide-extremism-and-intervention/

http://www.dw.de/us-russian-stance-on-syria-could-extend-conflict/a-17145503

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/09/not-the-story-you-were-expecting-from-lebanon.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/08/syria-martyrs-wall-unknown-truth-civil-war

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/world/middleeast/at-a-syrian-soldiers-funeral-few-doubts-about-a-wars-rightness.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-wolfson-md/feeling-syria_b_4042096.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/upiUPI-20131008-134718-1417

http://www.hrw.org/node/118992

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/10/07/a-change-of-tone-on-syria/

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/the-real-deal

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/the-real-deal-part-ii

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrias-assad-is-a-terrorist-not-a-political-figure-anymore-turkish-pm.aspx?pageID=238&nID=55844&NewsCatID=338

http://syrianewsdesk.com/en/2013/10/06/news-wfp-distributes-food-syrian-army-madaya?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=sendible&utm_campaign=RSS

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/is-assad-winning

http://syriadirect.org/main/30-reports/847-syrians-who-fled-war-struggle-across-mideast-to-survive

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/syrias-most-important-rebels-are-islamists-and-we-have-to-work-with-them-anyway/280381/

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-syria-islamists-20131008,0,5605017.story

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/if-iran-and-israel-fight-lebanon-will-be-the-first-battlefield/article8102840/

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Governance/article/1215151/charity-commission-challenges-daily-telegraph-story-syria/

http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/83471.aspx

http://www.worldcrunch.com/syria-crisis/life-and-death-inside-an-underground-syrian-hospital/syria-homs-hopitals-doctors/c13s13614/#.UlOqetJ4r7y


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/10/07/the-awkward-politics-of-banksys-satirical-syria-video/

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/hezbollah-begins-pullout-from-syria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hezbollah-begins-pullout-from-syria

http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/10/political-language-and-the-mafia-principles-of-international-relations/

http://m.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/put-yourself-in-their-shoes-were-not-so-different-to-those-uprooted-by-syrian-crisis-20131007-2v492.html

http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=470347

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/10/article55318411

http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=912636

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172475#.UlJiXdJ4r7y

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114802/four-myths-about-obamas-syria-foreign-policy

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-rise-of-persian-salafism#.UlILMz65T3I.twitter

http://edinburghinitiative.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/a-major-crime-against-childhood-18-children-killed-when-suicide-bomber-storms-into-their-school-in-tal-afar-az-zamen-iraq-6th-october-2013/

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4436239,00.html

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/10/article55318201

http://en.qantara.de/content/eugene-rogan-on-arab-history-and-the-arab-spring-the-subordination-of-the-arab-world-may-be

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/4/a-house-of-healinginturkeyforthosewoundedinsyria.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/03/syria-deadlock-war-ceasefire-assad-regime

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/world/europe/russia-redraws-lines-of-diplomacy.html?ref=syria

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/511160/20131003/israel-saudi-arabia-gulf-alliance-iran-nuclear.htm#.Uk7vUuqRoaA.twitter

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/opinion/in-syria-doctors-beware.html?_r=0

http://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&issue=1350

http://carnegie.ru/2013/10/02/russia-is-defending-its-own-interests-with-its-stance-on-syria/gozs

http://www.policymic.com/articles/65073/why-the-un-syria-chemical-weapons-deal-isn-t-nearly-as-good-as-you-think


http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-ramping-up-covert-training-program-for-moderate-syrian-rebels/2013/10/02/a0bba084-2af6-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html

http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/lebanon-syria-hezbollah-as-a-criminal-organisation/

http://zamanalwsl.net/en/readNews.php?id=1818

http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/01-10-2013/125784-syria_assad_turkey-0/

http://zamanalwsl.net/en/readNews.php?id=1785

www.joshualandis.com/blog/islamic-state-iraq-syria-defends-media-attacks-30-september-2013/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10345651/The-11-year-old-face-of-Syrias-collateral-damage.html

http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/from-karbala-to-sayyida-zaynab-iraqi-fighters-in-syrias-shia-militias

http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/even-if-assad-loses-iran-gains-from-its-support-of-shia-militias

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Oct-01/233135-rights-group-finds-mass-graves-near-damascus.ashx#axzz2gbFVWKuF

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/are-greek-neo-nazis-fighting-for-assad-in-syria1

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/01/syria-fuel-air-bombs-strike-school

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2013/09/syrian_refugees_chronicling_a.html


 http://glykosymoritis.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/syria-greek-nationalist-socialists-that.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/opinion/sunday/imagining-a-remapped-middle-east.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Baklalar çıkıyor...

 http://en.qantara.de/content/the-armenian-syrian-musician-hrach-macoushian-it-is-craziness-to-support-the-assad-regime

http://claysbeach.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/more-on-ex-journalist-robert-fisks.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/khaled-mahjoub-the-man-with-president-assads-ear-8846581.html

http://handinhandforsyria.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=212:incendiary-bomb-attack-in-syria&catid=920

http://www.mei.edu/content/saudi-arabia-and-syrian-brotherhood


http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/middle-east/39610-in-lebanon-refugee-syrian-children-work-to-survive

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/syrian-immorality-tales-two-men-in-the-conflict-who-didnt-deserve-their-fate-8837421.html
Lyin

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/24/syria-crisis-starving-children-eat-leaves

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/is-obama-like-ike/#.UkG_Cggi7Lw.twitter%E2%80%9D

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/syria-jihadist-rebel-tensions-explode

http://jamestownfoundation.blogspot.fr/2013/09/ukraine-denies-helping-russia-with.html


http://www.policymic.com/articles/65041/officials-claim-tunisian-women-are-waging-a-sexual-jihad-in-syria-but-what-s-the-real-story

 http://www.damascusbureau.org/?p=5859





https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/newsandpolitics/the-west-has-lost-syria


http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/largest-syrian-rebel-groups-embrace-islamic-alliance-in-possible-blow-to-us-influence/2013/09/25/f669629e-25f8-11e3-9372-92606241ae9c_story.html


http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/In-Damascus%2C-fear-has-many-faces


https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/islamists-assemble


http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/syria-shows-why-europe-needs-to-flex-more-muscle


http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/09/24/2669461/report-millions-of-syrians-are-starving/


http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114771/leon-wieseltier-kerry-lavrov-syria-deal

http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/even-alawites-are-within-the-grasp-of-syrias-secret-police


http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/anne-applebaum-russia-wields-hard-power-over-armenia/2013/09/20/15a54e62-2148-11e3-966c-9c4293c47ebe_story.html


http://www.newstatesman.com/middle-east/2013/09/doctors-letter-besieged-syrian-city-homs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KZ6jTXRZPo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UYzwXlMTtJc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3tzLLsLJYwc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kGz3AHN9Fe4
Four related videos


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/opinion/sunday/the-boy-who-stood-up-to-syrian-injustice.html?ref=nicholasdkristof&_r=1&


http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/nov/22/finally-we-know-about-moscow-bombings/?pagination=false#.UkFE2k8jnLw.twitter


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/syria-crisis-exposed-shocking-pictures-2240747#.UkE4tD8t0wc.twitter


http://www.etilaf.org/en/press/humanitarian-disaster-unfolding-in-eastern-and-western-gouta-and-the-southern-neighborhoods-of-damascus.html


http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/09/30/130930fa_fact_filkins?currentPage=all

THE SHADOW COMMANDER



http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/17/us-syria-diplomacy-special-report-idUSBRE98G0CT20130917

Special Report: Syria - A chemical crime, a complex reaction



http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/09/17/still-doubt-assads-forces-were-behind-syrias-chemical-attack-look-at-this-map/

Still doubt Assad’s forces were behind Syria’s chemical attack? Look at this map.



http://therepublicgs.net/2013/09/16/al-raqqa-the-reality-of-the-military-brigades-the-administration-of-the-liberated-city-and-the-revolutions-to-come/

Al Raqqa: The reality of the military brigades, the administration of the liberated city and the revolutions to come



http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/17/just-how-extremist-are-the-rebels-in-syria.html

Just How Extremist Are the Rebels in Syria?


http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/americas-middle-east-policy-collapses-9073?page=1#.UjhKbCJPQCA.twitter
America's middle east policy collapses


http://iranwire.com/en/projects/2636

Qasem Soleimani Mourns With Iran's Political Elite at His Side

http://therepublicgs.net/2013/09/15/death-under-torture-in-syria-the-horrors-ignored-by-pacifists/

Death under torture in Syria: the horrors ignored by pacifists


https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/cheating-death

Cheating death in Syria


İran looks for support from Iraq

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268777/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=aKL5sU0R
President's brother key to Syria regime survival


http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/09/syrias_insurgency_beyond_good_guys_and_bad_guys
Syria's insurgency beyond good guys and bad guys

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/13/dining-with-al-qaeda.html
Dining with al Qaeda


http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/13208/jihad-2020-assessing-al-qaida-s-20-year-plan
Assessing al Qaeda's 20 year plan


http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/09/11/201816/nusra-front-militias-control-of.html#.UjLG_NJ4r7w
Nusra front militias contro of...

http://matthewaid.tumblr.com/post/61014230664/split-between-jihadi-militant-groups-and-syrian-rebel
Split between jihadi militant groups and syrian rebel....


http://exitleftproject.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/motives-behind-the-chemical-strikes-the-theory-of-a-rebel-advance/
Motives behind the chemical strikes the theory of a rebel advance

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/al-qaeda-in-syria-a-closer-look-at-isis-part-ii#.UjC3Gfrekl0.twitter
Al Qaeda in Syria_A closer look at ISIS 

http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-kremlins-collapsing-eurasian-sandcastle-9042
The Kremlins collapsing eurasian sandcastle

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/10/how_assad_wooed_the_american_right_and_won_the_syria_propaganda_war#.Ui9Q4Hgcvug.twitter
How Assad wooed the American right and won the syria propaganda war


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/opinion/a-syrians-cry-for-help.html?_r=1&
A syrians cry for help

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/how-assad-chose-his-killing-fields-the-greatest-threat-to-the-syrian-leader-lies-on-his-doorstep--in-the-district-of-ghouta-which-was-targeted-by-his-chemical-weapons-8807534.html
How Assad chose his killing fields..........

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/09/homs-rebels-civilians-forge-bonds/#.UjBzCtJ4qH0
Homs: Rebels civilians forge bonds



http://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/kataib-sayyid-al-shuhada-where-are-they-now-jihadology.pdf


http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2013/09/07/What-s-more-important-to-Turkey-than-Syria-.html
What's more important to Turkey than Syria?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ukrainian-port-eyed-as-analysts-seek-syrias-arms-source/2013/09/07/f61b0082-1710-11e3-a2ec-b47e45e6f8ef_story.html?hpid=z3
Ukranian port eyed as analysts seek syrias arms source

 http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/14053/eye-witness-account-of-how-some-syrians-treated-at
Eye witness account of how some syrians treated at


 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/opinion/sunday/kristof-pulling-the-curtain-back-on-syria.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&


http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2013/09/defense-one-guidebook-whos-who-syrias-opposition/69974/#.UisksiR0cHo.twitter
Who's who in Syrias opposition


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57601800/inside-view-of-militias-fighting-for-the-syrian-regime/


http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/06/making_sense_of_the_syrian_rebels_order_of_battle


http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus128WhiteTablerZelin.pdf


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/04/former-syrian-soldier-describes-life-in-the-army-at-the-start-of-war.html


http://michaelsikkofield.blogspot.com/2012/03/11-eylul-2001-ve-kandrlan-6-milyar_29.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZPePJzCuEI


http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/syrias-military-opposition-how-effective-united-or-extremist#.Uii_NZh5Cwo.twitter



http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/is-the-us-facing-a-suez-moment-over-syrian-crisis#full

http://www.interpretermag.com/an-experts-guide-to-russias-security-apparatus/

 http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/09/05/syrian-chemical-attack-a-possible-dosage-mistake-report/


http://www.hhassan.com/2013/09/who-is-ali-habib-syrias-highest-ranking.html?spref=tw

 https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/russian-ships-able-to-react-in-case-of-syria-escalation

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/31/syria-military-us-missile-strikes

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324463604579044642794711158?mg=reno64-wsj%20%E2%80%A6.html?dsk=y


http://www.ibtimes.com/syrian-oil-gas-little-known-facts-syrias-energy-resources-russias-help-1402405#.UiewK-yvYi4.twitter

http://www.trust.org/item/20130905045333-rbbym/?source=hpbreaking

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/obama-syria-strategy-96130.html

http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-non-state-militant-landscape-in-syria

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0901/As-US-weighs-war-fears-of-power-of-jihadis-in-Syria?cmpid=addthis_twitter#.UiOF0yRRqwg.twitter

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-the-congressional-angle?utm_content=bufferb8a6c&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer#.UiN0ScYQfee.twitter&#8221

http://www.damascusbureau.org/?p=5704&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


http://www.fsaforwardsupport.com/


http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/03/192881/assad-backers-reportedly-make.html#.Uig5TtJ4qH1



 http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/14053/eye-witness-account-of-how-some-syrians-treated-at

http://blogs.channel4.com/lindsey-hilsum-on-international-affairs/military-intervention/2780
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http://en.rian.ru/world/20130831/183075695/Russia-Delays-Arms-Supplies-to-Syria-over-Money%E2%80%93Paper.html

http://www.policymic.com/articles/61897/latest-on-syria-u-s-knew-a-chemical-weapons-assault-was-coming-3-days-before-attack


http://www.understandingwar.org/report/syrias-armed-opposition


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/03/the-u-s-isnt-bombing-syria-yet-but-it-is-providing-tech-support-to-the-rebels/


http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/why-qatar-is-quietly-supporting-a-us-strike-in-syria/279302/


http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/german-intelligence-contributes-to-fact-finding-on-syria-gas-attack-a-920123.html


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/31/syria-military-us-missile-strikes?CMP=twt_gu


http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/08/iran-syria-attack-assad-air-defense-nuclear-program-economy.html

http://rileyfrost.wordpress.com/


http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/08/29/new_fears_for_syria_s_jihadists

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_308671/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=AWu1FAsG


http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/syrian-regime-moves-prisoners-to-likely-targets-of-western-military-strikes

http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/What-Message-Did-Sultan-Qaboos-Convey-to-Iran-.htm

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/29/youtube_syria?page=full

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2013/08/29/russia-warships-syria


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-rt-us-syria-crisis-missiles-20130829,0,5735040.story

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/black-budget-summary-details-us-spy-networks-successes-failures-and-objectives/2013/08/29/7e57bb78-10ab-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html

http://rogueadventurer.com/2013/08/29/alleged-cw-munitions-in-syria-fired-from-iranian-falaq-2-type-launchers/

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/28/did_white_house_leaks_already_spoil_the_syria_attack

http://defensetech.org/2013/08/29/f-22-may-get-its-first-combat-mission-in-syria/#.Uh-GOC5Aywc.twitter


http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2013/08/syria_air_war_what_we_can_learn_from_kosovo_libya_and_the_persian_gulf_war.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/26/opinion/bergen-syria-problem/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/08/26/world/middleeast/Areas-Affected-by-the-Alleged-Chemical-Attack-in-Syria.html?_r=0

http://brown-moses.blogspot.com/2013/08/syrian-government-diy-munitions.html

http://sjoshs.tumblr.com/post/59510245171/the-intellectual-dishonesty-surrounding-intervention-in

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10266957/Saudis-offer-Russia-secret-oil-deal-if-it-drops-Syria.html






http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mSsXlV7IgpA
Kimyasalda ölen çocuk


http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/Middle%20East%20North%20Africa/Iraq%20Syria%20Lebanon/Syria/143-syrias-metastasising-conflicts.pdf

 http://www.interpretermag.com/from-syria-to-ukraine-putins-policies-isolate-russia/

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/8/27/inside-the-battleforassadasheartland.html


http://www.revolutionobserver.com/2013/08/issues-in-focus-episode-06-why-is-world.html

http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2013/08/26/why-now-assads-chemical-attack-on-eastern-ghouta/

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/go-strategic-in-syria

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/christian-valley-sends-sos-to-syrian-army

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50296798/Backgrounder_USNavy-Syria-26AUG.pdf


 http://www.voanews.com/content/turkey-reconsiders-backing-for-islamist-syrian-rebels/1731395.html

 https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/specialreports/sects-and-the-city

http://vvanwilgenburg.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/siege-of-kobani.html

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/international/moscow-rejects-saudi-offer-to-drop-assad-for-arms-deal

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/08/12/At-the-gates-of-Syria-s-Qardaha.html

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/the-southern-front

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/15/us-iran-arabs-insight-idUSBRE97E0O620130815

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/how-syrias-jihadists-win-friends-and-influence-people/278942/

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/another-halabja

http://jihadology.net/2013/08/22/musings-of-an-iraqi-brasenostril-on-jihad-bayah-to-baghdadi-foreign-support-for-sheikh-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-and-the-islamic-state-of-iraq-and-ash-sham/


http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2013/08/26/why-now-assads-chemical-attack-on-eastern-ghouta/
Why now Assad's chemical attack on Eastern Ghouta, 26 August 2013


http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE97E0QH20130815?irpc=932
15 th of August 2013


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/14/syria-life-in-the-rebel-strongholds?CMP=twt_gu
14 th of August 2013

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/04/lebanons-shiites-questions-support-for-syria.html#ixzz2RZxdnThK
25 April 2013



http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/80401

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j-totten/beginning-end-hezbollah


http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/turkeys-hands-are-tied-in-syria-by-its-disingenuous-nato-allies



http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-preparing-ground-total-war





http://sarabiany.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/assad-guided-by-russian-lessons-from-chechnya/


http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/giving-assad-the-benefit-of-the-doubt-distorts-history#ixzz2Q0FiPv2g

13493  6

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-does-obama-have-a-plan-for-syria/2013/03/18/3db90090-8ff0-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/erosion-of-syrian-power-accelerating-top-us-intelligence-official-says/2013/03/12/d73b4794-8b10-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291758/U-S-Army-veteran-joins-al-Qaeda-linked-group-months-fighting-rebel-forces-Syria.html#ixzz2NK5dmmwB

http://www.cfr.org/syria/syrias-continuing-civil-war/p30168?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co

http://m.aljazeera.com/story/20133415272744259


http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/0227/Are-the-US-and-Russia-bridging-their-divide-over-Syria#.US49j-XQ9Hc.twitter

http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/arming-syrias-rebels-no-panacea

http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/how-syria-is-becoming-bosnia/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-syria-new-influx-of-weapons-to-rebels-tilts-the-battle-against-assad/2013/02/23/a6bf2bc0-7dfb-11e2-9073-e9dda4ac6a66_story.html


http://syriasurvey.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-omari-brigade-recipient-of-external.html?spref=tw

http://beta.syriadeeply.org/2013/02/conversations-botched-mass-defection/#.USk126WePoJ


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http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/02/diy-weapons-of-the-syrian-rebels/100461/

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/who-just-started-arming-syria-rebels


http://yallasouriya.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/warning-to-all-antioch-activists-from-the-so-called-gulf-supporters/
Hatay daki muhaberat faaliyetleri

arapça orjinal metin:
http://www.facebook.com/HQFreeSyrianArmy/posts/145515062278584

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/02/jabhat-nusra-targets-opposition-town.html


http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=50942&lang=en



http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/kuwait-the-back-office-of-logistical-support-for-syrias-rebels#full
Kuveytin yardımlarda rolü


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323511804578296142151251044.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet
Başkentte çatışmalar arttı




http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/syrian-troops-push-back-in-see-saw-fight-for-city#ixzz2KPKSEuFL

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/02/11/did-the-cia-betray-syria-s-rebels.html



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http://beta.syriadeeply.org/op-eds/2013/01/moscow-assad-regime/#.UQdTS6XKa2w

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/closer-ties-emerge-between-sunni-militants-from-lebanon-and-syria-officials-say/2013/01/26/451f0bec-66f9-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html

http://www.economist.com/comment/1857104#comment-1857104

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/egypt-syria-lebanon/syria/136-syrias-kurds-a-struggle-within-a-struggle.aspx?utm_source=syria-report&utm_medium=1&utm_campaign=mremail


http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/68820-syria-rebels-see-airport-as-key-to-taking-aleppo

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/the-road-beyond-damascus





http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/02/11/did-the-cia-betray-syria-s-rebels.html

Jabhat al-Nusra's Goals Extend Beyond Syria



By: Hussein Jemmo. Translated from Al-Hayat (Pan Arab).


At the end of December, in an unprecedented move, Abu Muhammad al-Julani, the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria, addressed "the people of Syria and the mujahedeen."


As the Syrian war intensifies, Hussein Jemmo examines the reasons behind the rise of al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, and argues that the battle for Syria is only one step in a wider regional strategy for this group.
Publisher: Al-Hayat (Pan Arab)
Original Title:
Jabhat al-Nusra: A Rough Strategy to Softly Take Control of the Revolution Through Three Entrances
Author: Hussein Jemmo
posted on : January 8, 2013
Translated on: January 11 2013
Translated by: Al-Monitor
Categories :  Syria   Security
The speech suggested that the militant front has become the main force in the fight against the Syrian regime, with no mention of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Instead, the Islamist group's leader replaced the term "FSA" with "the brigades and militant groups."
The speech came in response to the United States designation of Jabhat al-Nusra as a foreign terrorist organization. But it seemed obvious that Julani was speaking from a strong position, warning that "those who sowed the seeds of the revolution will be the ones to reap its fruits." He also warned his supporters and the people of Syria against attempts to replace the Syrian regime with a Western one.
The speech indicates that the FSA is being subsumed. After having been the leading military entity in the Syrian revolution, the FSA has been pushed to the sidelines compared to Jabhat al-Nusra. The militant praised those parties that have condemned the US decision to designate it as a terrorist group.
During my visit to Aleppo, I got the impression that Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamist factions were still on the sidelines of the conflict in Aleppo's countryside. However, inside the city the situation was different, as expected. Jihadist organizations, mainly Jabhat al-Nusra, were well informed and aware of what was taking place at the international and regional levels.
To begin to understand how Jabhat al-Nusra managed to establish itself in this environment, another question must be asked: Is this militant faction merely seasonal, and will it cease to exist when the regime falls — or will it persist to implement a plan that goes far beyond Syria?
War strategy
In Aleppo's countryside, a member of Jabhat al-Nusra showed me a booklet entitled "Regional War Strategy in Syria." The booklet represents a serious vision by an al-Qaeda analyst. It is available on the internet and helps explain the carefully planned beginnings of jihadism in Syria. According to the study, "The title of the next battle of Damascus will be ‘survival of the smartest,'" and explains how the jihadist environment began to emerge in Syria. Jabhat al-Nusra bases its work in Syria on three pillars.
Resilience
The first pillar is to show resilience: "Syria is a vast and far-reaching battlefield, which necessitates a remarkably resilient force that is able to both move and remain stationary." 
Jabhat al-Nusra has shown a reasonable level of intelligence in implementing this strategy, outshining more amateur FSA planners. The group began by sending a few people to the Syrian territories on a reconnaissance mission in the rural areas of Aleppo and west of Idlib.
A limited number of militants were then sent to the battlefield, positioned on the most hostile lines of confrontation in the city of Aleppo. They earned the respect of FSA fighters, who have been more than happy to let them take over this deadly position.
When more Arabs, foreign fighters and a limited number of Syrians with past jihadist leanings began to pour into the Syrian territories, Jabhat al-Nusra began to move its combat team to the countryside. It carefully chose areas prone to embracing the jihadist ideology and willing to fight for it. First, the militant group took over the vicinity of fortified military bases in the west of the countryside, such as the Regiment 46 and Sheikh Suleiman base. With the help of allied battalions, Jabhat al-Nusra also took control of the rural areas in the east of Aleppo's countryside.
Jabhat al-Nusra didn't station its militants in civilian neighborhoods that would be easily besieged. The Islamist group has also not been entirely comfortable with FSA military leaders, "who could strike a deal with the West to wipe them out," according to one member of the jihadist organization.
Because of its strategy, Jabhat al-Nusra has been able to increase its control over the supply lines and logistics between Turkey and Aleppo. By attacking large military barracks, jihadist militants have managed to seize large quantities of ammunition and military equipment without the need for external funding, in contrast to the FSA, which until recently continued to receive Kalashnikov bullets through intermediaries in Turkey.
Jabhat al-Nusra has managed to attract battalions with jihadist inclinations to its ranks. For instance, Sheikh Tawfiq Shahabuddin, leader of the Nur al-Din Zanki Brigades, declared the brigades’ defection from the FSA-affiliated al-Tawhid brigade on Dec. 6. Although the sheikh did not join the ranks of Jabhat al-Nusra after his defection, he deserted the FSA right after he participated in an attack on the Sheik Suleiman base in collaboration with the jihadist organization.
The jihadist group has taken another tactical step: reducing the large size of brigades, such as the al-Tawhid brigade, by encouraging marginalized factions within these larger brigades to become self-sufficient.
Interestingly, al-Tawid launched a sizable attack on the infantry school in northern Aleppo without involving Jabhat al-Nusra, which hasn't sought to expand in the northern countryside which has a weak supply line compared to the western countryside of Aleppo. This is also true of the eastern countryside, whose importance derives from the fact that it overlooks the governorates of al-Raqqa, al-Hasaka and Deir al-Zour.
These points suggest that Jabhat al-Nusra has succeeded in adopting a flexible strategy without making significant mistakes. Therefore, when the US listed it as a terrorist group, no military group on the ground dared to support the US move, because the supply lines have come under the control of the jihadists.
Functional role
The second pillar, according to the vision of the "al-Qaeda analyst," is to develop a specific "functional role" for jihadists — whose role has been limited to performing military activity — because such a war in Syria "would return us to the laws of the jungle and survival of the fittest."
According to the same analyst, the intended result is for "the faction that holds power on the ground to eventually hold other types of power." Consequently, the group would temporarily distance itself from administrative and service matters to avoid any divisions of power, as happened in Iraq when al-Qaeda declared the Islamic State of Iraq during the war, established ministries and appointed administrators.
Also, the continuation of the war — which al-Qaeda sees as a prize for jihad — will put the rural or civil communities under military force, unlike less heated and shorter wars, where civil forces begin to express themselves and to demand power and the return of soldiers and fighters to their barracks at their conclusion, as happened in Libya.
How successful is Jabhat al-Nusra in achieving this second strategy?
Clearly, this al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Syria is very flexible in reorganizing its priorities. It is also known for its ability to change its tactics smoothly to achieve its strategic goal of total control under a popular cover that would give it the ability to later turn itself into a local Syrian faction.
It seems that this goal is a priority in the short term, to distance the group from any resemblance to foreign forces in Syrian society.
Jabhat al-Nusra realizes that the process of adhering to the limitations of society requires abandoning the tactics used in the "Islamic State of Iraq" and the complex administrative frameworks that inevitably led to its demise. Moreover, the group's leaders are aware that a clash is inevitable with FSA leaders and civilian figures, with a broad spectrum of Syrian Islamists who do not like the foreign Islamic nature of al-Qaeda. They all promptly endorsed the establishment of local popular bodies to run the liberated neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo with the support of local clerics. They think that the infiltration of Jabhat al-Nusra into civil departments or through loyalists is something of the past, and that all doors have been shut before them except for that of military jihad.
This is true, while taking into account that this is what Jabhat al-Nusra actually wants: not to be involved in administrative affairs in Syria. "Self-protection" is more essential and requires hard power, unlike in Yemen, where al-Qaeda is involved administratively because it is an arena for "self-assertion" requiring soft power.
The third pillar of the al-Qaeda strategy in Syria is the principle of "prolonging the conflict." This is based primarily on rejecting any consensus over a political solution, such as that put forward by UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. Accordingly, a series of enemies are being promoted, including the "Alawite regime" and the "Zionist enemy," in addition to whatever form of rule might replace the Assad regime.
Continuation of the conflict
Interestingly, al-Qaeda is very confident that Washington will remain reluctant to intervene. Jabhat al-Nusra leader Julani accused the US and the international community of "prolonging the reign of the Syrian regime," although this is exactly what the group wants. The scene has become multi-faceted. Just as the Americans rely on the Russian rejection of a UN resolution that would authorize military intervention, Jabhat al-Nusra also feeds on US hesitation to supply weapons to the Syrians. Washington is speaking morally on the back of Moscow, and al-Qaeda is expanding popularly on the back of Washington.
During my meeting with one of the leaders of Jabhat al-Nusra in an Aleppo suburb, we discussed the FSA's lack of arms and munitions. This leader thought that this is the best thing currently happening, because it will put Syria back into the hands of God. But this will not happen before the rebels discover that the West has deceived them for over a year.
Today, a large group of Syrians, who were calling on the US to intervene to save them, are accusing opposition forces of being affiliated with the American agenda! This was even clearer during a protest under the slogan, "There is No Terrorism except Assad's Terrorism."
These three pillars have been working smoothly and successfully until now. Due to the moral chaos surrounding some FSA brigades, and the fact that some of these brigades committed theft, the presence of Jabhat al-Nusra has gained support among the industrial middle class. Many factories have been looted, and the hopes of industry owners who escaped this wave of looting were relying on the movement's entrance into industrial regions "because they do not steal," according to one industry owner. The movement's access to Aleppo's society is not only religious, but also economic. It did not declare the establishment of courts to try civilians for violations they committed. Deep-seated corruption in the delicately improvised judiciary formed by militias was exposed. These indications paved the way for a call for help from the people to Jabhat al-Nusra to manage their daily affairs. In Aleppo, the protesters reiterate daily the following slogan: "The Free Syrian Army are thieves…We want the Islamic army."
The success or failure of Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria is mainly linked to both Aleppo and Idlib, and other cities constitute a future, long-term strategy. For example, in Aleppo, Jabhat al-Nusra is adopting a strategy of direct confrontation with the regime's forces, while the Iraqi model prevails in Damascus and Hama suburb (involving car bombs and suicide bombings).
During the first half of 2012, members of Jabhat al-Nusra — who had come from different countries — lived as guests in Aleppo suburbs, and fought without having permanent residence in the city. Today, a small community is expanding to reach the scale of "al-Qaeda," or at least what al-Qaeda's leaders aspire to. They see Syria as merely a single step in a journey taking them from Aleppo and Idlib to the Alawite mountains in Latakia, and eventually extending to regions beyond Syria.
This article was translated by Sahar Ghoussoub, Naria Tanoukhi and Pascale Menassa.


Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2013/01/jabhat-al-nusras-goals-extend-beyond-syria.html#ixzz2I5XwcQJA



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261412/Paul-McMaster-The-retired-British-surgeon-spent-weeks-operating-secret-cave-Syria.html



http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-defections-suggest-military-morale-being-drained/2013/01/11/3bac819a-5748-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html






Suriye Devrimi Yeni Bir aşamaya mı geçiyor?


6 Ocak 2013


Suriye'deki silahlı muhalefetin son zamanlarda rejim kontrolünde olan birkaç bölgeyi ve askeri pozisyonları ele geçirmesi çeşitli soruları ve spekülasyonları doğurdu. Hatta bazıları Suriye Devrimi'nin Rejimin sonunun başladığını müjdeleyen yeni bir aşamaya girdiğini iddia edecek şekildeydi.

Bu gibi analizler ve öngörüler stratejik önemi olan Piyade Okulunun kontrolünü ele geçirebildiğini gösteren silahlı direnişin başarılarına bakıldığında doğrulanabilir. Direniş ayrıca rejimin Halep ve İdlib bölgelerindeki operasyonları için destek istasyonu vazifesi gören 46.Üssü de ele geçirdi.Bunun da ötesinde ilk defa al-Bukamal'deki Hamdan ve Şam Doğu Ghouta'daki Marj al-Sultan gibi bazı askeri havaalanlarını da ele geçirebildi. Muhalefet güçleri ayrıca en önemlileri Rif Dimasq olarak bilinen Şam çevresinde bulunan Aqraba ve Harran al-Awameed üsleri olan birtakım hava üslerini de ele geçirdi. Rif Dimashq'taki muhalefet güçleri Şam Uluslararası Havaalanına onu kısmen felç edecek kısmi bir kuşatma uygulayabildi. 

Bu yazı yerel ve uluslararası gelişmeler ışığında ve rejimin kontrolü kaybettiğini ve son aşamada olduğunu söyleyen uluslararası tarafların görüşlerini dikkate alarak hazırlanmıştır.


Savaşa Giden Yol

Suriye Devrimi yönetim birimleri boyunca çoğunlukla küçük ve orta büyüklükteki kasabalarda gerçekleşen barışçıl protestolarla başladı. Bununla beraber rejimin bu protestolara verdiği kanlı karşılık silahlı direnişin ilk aylarda başlamasına sebep oldu. Ancak isyanın silahlı ifadesi silahların ilk ortaya çıktığı bölgelerin sosyo ekonomik gerçeğini de yansıtır şekilde ilk başta zayıf ve savunmaya yönelikti. Rusya ve Çin Arap liginin BM Güvenlik Konseyine sunduğu bir çözüm önerisini veto edene kadar askeri opsiyon sözkonusu  olmadı. Protestoların yerel liderleri eşzamanlı bir şekilde devrimi şehir dışlarında tutmak için şehirleri krizden izole etmeye çalışan ve en büyük iki şehir olan Halep ve Şam üzerindeki baskısını artırırken protestolara karşı da vahşice müdahale eden yönetimin barışçıl gösterilerle yıkılamayacağını anladı.
Aynı zamanda bazı muhalif grupları liderleri ve komiteleri Libya modelinin herhangi bir unsurunun(direkt askeri müdahale, büyük miktarda silah temini vd.) tekrarlanmasını  yada benzeri bir senaryonun gerçekleşmesini beklemenin ne kadar boş olduğunu fark ettiler. Suriyenin kompleks bölgesel ve uluslararası durumu ve bunlara ek olarak Suriye'nin jeopolitik yapısı Libya senaryosunun burada tekrarlanmasını imkansız kıldı ve batılı güçlerin kendilerini sadece lojistik, insani yardım ve medya desteğiyle sınırlamalarına sebep oldu.

2012 Ocağının ortası özellikle de toplum ve politik aktivistler Zabadani'deki olayların taklit edilebilirliğini gördükten sonra Suriye muhalefeti tarafından silahlı mücadelenin etkin bir şekilde başladığı tarih oldu. Zabadani'deki savaşçıların kuvvetli direnişi sonrası düzeni ordunun bölgedeki ilerlemesini yavaşlattı ve sonunda rejimi yerel halkla şehre girmemek karşılığında muhaliflerin de askeri üslere ve kontrol noktalarına saldırmamaları şartıyla anlaşmak zorunda bıraktı. Bu yüzden Zabadani'deki olaylar diğer muhalif bölgelerde uygulanabilecek bir örnek oldu. Bu yeni durum 13 Ocak 2012'yi ÖSO'ya destek günü ilan edilmesiyle vücut bulan Özgür Suriye Ordusu'nun desteklenmesi taleplerini alevlendirdi. Bu devrimin militarize olmasını destekleyen bir politik ve popüler bir akımın varlığını gösterdi. Daha sonra devrimin askeri boyutu çok çabuk bir şekilde gelişti ve Humus'ta Baba Amr ve Şam çevresinde Douma gibi yerlerle özgürleştirilmiş şehirler fenomeni oluştu.

Bunun da ötesinde sınırlı da olsa silah temini önceden amacı eldeki bölgelerde kendini muhafaza olmak olan devrimin amacını rejimi İdlib, Halep, Humus, Deir ez Zour ve Şam çevresi gibi yerlerde çekilmeye zorlayacak bir direnişe dönüştürdü. Çevreleri muhaliflerin aktif olduğu yerler iken şehir merkezlerinin hala rejimin elinde olması tartışılabilir.

Suriye rejimi silahlı muhalifleri daha rahat bastırabilmek için silahlı çatışmaları şehir merkezlerinin dışında kırsal bölgelerde tutmak için güçlü bir girişimde bulundu. Bu ona başkenti ve şam'ın etrafındaki bölgeleri çevreleyen düzensiz bölgelerde yerleşmiş olan muhaliflere önleyici darbe vurma imkanı verdi. Bu saldırı kriz grubunun bazı üyelerinin öldürüldüğü ve detayları ve önemiyle hala bir sır olarak kalmaya devam eden Ulusal Güvenlik binasının(16 Tem.2012) bombalanmasından sonra başlatıldı.

Şam'daki çatışmalar birkaç günden fazla sürmedi ve sadece Şam çevresinden gelen rejimin askeri operasyonundan kaçabilecek güvenli bir yer buldukları Zamalka, Douma ve Harasta gibi semtlerde gerçekleşti. Bununla beraber savaşçılar bu bölgelerden çabucak çekildiler çünkü direnecek yolları yoktu. Bu Şam çevresinde muhaliflerin yaptığı askeri operasyonun bazı medya haberlerinde belirtildiği kadar ve saldırıyı "Şam'ın Özgürleştirilmesi Savaşı" diye adlandıracak kadar ne büyük ne de sofistikeydi.

Rejim güçleri ana ekonomik merkezleri kontrol ederken ve taşradaki köylere muhalif güçler yayılı durumda bulunduğu halde iken, güç dengesi rejim güçlerinin lehine olması gerçeğine rağmen kırsal alanlar ile merkezler arasındaki kutuplaşma gergin bir denge durumu oluşturdu. Bu durum devrimin en uzun ve en şiddetli savaşı olan Halep Savaşı gibi rejim güçleriyle şehir içinde mücadelede değişik metodların kullanılmasına yol açtı. Bu ÖSO'nun Halep'in kent merkezi dışında özellikle Azaz, al-Bab, Andan, Hreitan ve Darat Azza gibi doğu ve kuzeydeki birçok mevkiyi ele geçirmesinden ve buraları destek mevkileri olarak kullanmaya başlamasından sonra başladı.

Halep'te askeri çatışmalar 20 Temmuz 2012'de Tevhid Tugayı ve Fetih Tugayının Selahaddin, al-Sukkari ve al-Sakhur'a girmesinde sonra başladı. 22 Temmuzda şehrin Askeri Konsey Başkanı Albay Abdulcabbar el-Akidi Halep'in ele geçirilmesi operasyonunun başlatıldığını resmi olarak duyurdu. El Akidi ayrıca çevredeki silahlı gruplara Selahaddin, Saif al-Dawla, al Sukhur, al Sukkari, Masakin Hanano, Qadi Askar ve Bustan al Basha'nın ele geçirilmesine yol açan merkeze ilerleme çağrısını yaptı. Bunun da ötesinde muhalif güçler geçtikleri yerlerde kontrolü sağlamadan şehir merkezine kadar ilerleme imkanı buldular.

Buna cevap olarak rejim Halep Savaşını "Savaşların Anası" olarak niteledi ve jetleri ilk defa muhaliflere karşı kullanmaya başlayarak taktiklerini değiştirdi. Dahası rejim Türkiye sınırının yanındaki Jabal al Zawiya'daki kuvvetlerinin çoğunu şehre takviye olmak üzere merkez çekti. Rejim güçleri muhaliflerin merkeze ilerleyişini durudurabildi ama muhalifler tarafından ele geçirilen yerleri geri alamadı.

Şehir Dışından Şehir Merkezlerine

Çatışmanın önceki aşamaları ile
  k comparison between past phases of the conflict and recent events points to a potential repeat of the battle of Aleppo, in Damascus. Currently, the areas east and south of the southern peripheral road of Damascus are the main zones of tension and fighting, with the battles concentrated in the suburbs of Nahr Aisha, Yarmuk Camp, Zamalka and Daraya. The southern peripheral road appears to be the line of demarcation between the areas controlled by the regime and those under the domination of the armed opposition. As a result, much of the fighting is concentrated around this strategic road, since the regular army is attempting to stop the Free Syrian Army from advancing beyond it, and to prevent its elements from filtering into the central parts of Damascus. Until the armed opposition succeeds in breaking through this line, there will be no radical changes to speak of in the military situation; such a breakthrough would also lead to a dramatic increase in violence in the Syrian capital, Damascus, whose demographic composition is extremely sensitive to armed conflict.
Even if the armed opposition succeeds in making incursions into Damascus, that would not be the prelude (or the guarantee) to its victory and to deciding the battle for Damascus. This could also lead to a relatively protracted battle, with a heavy human and social cost. Such an incursion would require support from within the Damascene society, in order to facilitate the military mission and to reassure certain sections of the population, who fear that they would fall victim to the battle.
In Aleppo, the situation remains in stasis: the regime forces are incapable of regaining the neighborhoods that they have lost, while the Free Syrian Army cannot extend its control over new territory. Conversely, the countryside of Aleppo is witnessing a dynamic situation with the constant increase in the intensity of the battles. Generally speaking, the military situation in the governorate of Aleppo is kept in check by the balance of forces.
Meanwhile, in the Hama governorate, the Free Syrian Army will likely be able to control many villages, such as al-Latamna, Halfaya, and others, because these have been revolutionary villages since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution. The revolution enjoys wide popular support in these villages, and the locals tend to embrace and aid the fighters of the Free Syrian Army. Moreover, opposition control over the countryside of Hama would be a natural result of its control over that of Idlib bordering Turkey, since the Hama countryside is an extension of Idlib. However, once the rebels reach areas that do not welcome the revolution, such as the city of Mahrada, they are likely to face difficulties in their progress, since these regions are tightly controlled by the regime, unlike the villages that easily fell to the rebels. The same applies to any attempt to control the city of Hama, as the opposition fighters would face major difficulties due to the complex geographic and demographic nature of the city, in addition to the strong presence of the Syrian army.
These military developments on the ground go hand in hand with new international and regional developments. On the international level, the Friends of Syria Group acknowledged the National Coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people, in a departure from the earlier stances of international powers, which had criticized the disunity of the Syrian opposition factions. This official acknowledgment also shows that the international supporters of the revolution have changed their assessment as to the ability of the opposition to assume its responsibility in the phase following the fall of the regime. For the first time, Russia has spoken of the possibility of the military victory of the armed opposition (although Russian officials later backtracked), after asserting numerous times that the armed opposition would not be capable of defeating the Syrian army, even if equipped with the most advanced weapons.
On the regional level, the initiative launched by Iran to resolve the crisis demonstrates a shift among the allies of the Syrian regime, from wagering on a military victory for the regime to seeking a political conciliatory solution between the two sides. However, the main tenets of the solution have not changed, as it is still termed "a solution under the roof of Assad".
The acknowledgment of the Syrian National Coalition by the United States as a legitimate representative of the Syrian people came at the same time that the State Department placed Jabhat al-Nusra Li Ahl al-Sham ("The Support Front for the People of Syria") on its list of terrorist organizations. This is an indication that the United States will remain reluctant to supply the opposition with qualitative weapons if the forces of the National Coalition fail in containing the Islamic extremists. As for Russia and Iran, they are unlikely to go beyond their ongoing proposals and initiatives, which are rejected by the factions of the Syrian opposition, because their vital interests are now intertwined with the structure of the regime, not merely its figures - which forces them to defend the regime's structural integrity, having lost the majority of Syrian society.
The need to enter into armed struggle has led to lengthening the course of the revolution; however, it was a natural choice given the regime's insistence on repressing the revolution in a violent and bloody manner, and in the absence of any measures that could restrain it, due to the complexity of geostrategic interests involving active international and regional powers. In sum, the military nature of the revolution in Syria keeps expanding by the day, and the control of the rebels is extending to new territories, including the outskirts of Damascus, but without reaching the point of toppling the regime.

Conclusion

The ongoing developments are contributing to the gradual military degradation of the regime, whose control has receded in large parts of Syria, but this does not mean that the opposition will be able to secure a military victory soon. This is for various reasons, most importantly:
  • The lack of an international environment that favors the victory of one of the two sides. In fact, there is a tendency to translate the domestic balance of forces into a political settlement that agrees with the wishes of the main regional and international players. The initiative of the UN/Arab League envoy Lakhdar al-Ibrahimi may be a precursor to such a solution, and it represents the outcome of the Russia-US negotiations in Geneva.
  • The military might of the regime as well as the change in its tactics. The regime is still in control of a military force that allows it to persist and to wield significant force, especially after it garrisoned the cities and began using the air force exclusively to attack the rebels in the countryside, while maintaining military bases and checkpoints in different rural areas.
  • The lack of coordination among the units of the armed opposition. Despite the unification of the military councils into a single military leadership, the ideological differences and the diversity of the sources of funding and logistics for the Free Syrian Army battalions prevent a real and effective coordination that could lead to a unified military strategy.
  • The Free Syrian Army is locked in the same strategy, consisting in storming a specific city or town, regardless of its popularity within it, and then being forced to flee after the regime resorts to bombardment from a distance, which leads to the destruction of residential neighborhoods and the creation of more refugees.
Kaynak: http://english.dohainstitute.org/release/02feaace-1471-41b3-b423-51799912e9aa



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28 Aralık 2012

ABD tarafından terör örgütü olarak tanımlanan Suriyeli cihadi grup Nusret Cephesi ABD'yi Devlet Başkanı Beşşar Esed'i iktidarda tutmaya çalışmakla suçladı.

"Rejime uzatmalar vererek(politik dönüşüm için), gözlemciler göndererek ve barış görüşmeleri tertipleyerek yapılan rejimin ömrünü uzatma çabalarının herkes farkında." dedi grubun lideri Ebu Muhammed el-Jawlani internet üzerinden gönderilen ses kaydında.

"ABD açıkça Suriye halkına yardım ettiği için Nusret Cephesini terör listesine koyarak bölgedeki başarısızlığını ifade etmektedir" diye ekledi.

Washington bu ayın başında El Nusra'yı resmen "dış terörist örgüt" olarak tanımladı.

Jawlani kara listeye alınmalarının 100 organizasyondan gelen kınama dahil müslümanlarda büyük öfke uyandırdığını söyledi.

"Suriye Halkı ruhlarımızı sizin için feda ediyoruz" başlıklı mesajında Jawlani Suriyelilere: "Dininiz ve memleketinizi savunmak için size kanımızı sunuyoruz ve herbirimiz kendini feda etmeye devam etmeye devam edecek." dedi.

El Nusra ayrıca 12 Aralık'ta Şam'da İçişleri Bakanlığına yapılan saldırı dahil 21 aylık çatışmanın ölümcül intihar saldırılarının çoğunluğunu üstlendi.

Geçtiğimiz aylarda ülkenin kuzeydoğusunda savaş alanında ele geçen kazanımlarda El Nusra savaşçıları önemli rol oynadı.

Washington tarafından Suriye Halkının tek temsilcisi olarak tanınan ana silahlı muhalefet olan Ulusal Koalisyon 12 Aralık'ta ABD'yi bu kararını gözden geçirmeye davet etti.

Yazının orjinali bu linkte bulunabilir:http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-powerful-rebel-group-in-syria-is-accusing-the-us-of-supporting-assad-2012-12#ixzz2HEl9rrdB


Suriye'nin yetim devrimi

Asıl başlık "Suriye'nin Kendin Yap Devrimi" olsa da ben bunu uygun gördüm çevirirken 


Savaşın sona erdiğini söylemek için çok erken olsa da geçtiğimiz üç hafta içinde Suriye'deki askeri dinamikler dramatik bir şekilde değişti ve açık şekilde görünüyor ki Esad savaşı kaybediyor. Bu batılı güçleri silahlı direniş üzerindeki etkilerinin eksikliği sebebiyle panikletti ve harekete sevk etti. 
En önemli gelişme son iki günde muhalefetin Suriye'ye ait iki hava aracını yerden havaya füzelerle düşürmesiydi. Salı günü bir Rus yapımı Mi-8 nakliye helikopteri yine muhtemelen Rus yapısı bir Strela-2 (yada NATO tanımıyla SA-7 ısı güdümlü füzesiyle Halep semalarında vuruldu. Çarşamba günü Darat Azzah civarında bir jet düşürüldü ve pilotu yakalanarak jeti düşürenlerce ilk yardım müdahalesi yapıldı.
Washington Post'un batılı ve Ortadoğulu istihbarat kaynaklarına dayandırdığı yayınında  göre muhalifler şu anda 40'a yakın uçaksavar füzesi ele geçirmiş olabilir.  Bu füzelerin ele geçmesi kulağa yeterince küçük düşürücü gelse de zayıflamış Baasçılara daha bir utandırıcı maliyeti olacaktır. Bu füzelerin bazılarını Katar'ın sağladığı iddia edilse de çoğunun ele geçirilen rejim hava üslerinden alındığı gayet açık. Bunların ise büyük kısmı iki aylık bir kuşatma sonunda ele geçirilen 46.Alay üssünden alındı. İngiltere'ye yerleşik bloger Eliot Higgins(diğer adıyla Brown Moses) bu başarılı operasyonun ganimetlerinin kataloğunu yaparak işin en ağır kısmını halletti.  Şu ana kadar bunun içinde tanklar, zırhlı personel taşıyıcılar "Dushkalar(Doçka)" (muhaliflerin daha önce uçakları düşürmek için kullandıkları ağır makineli tüfekler), saha topları, hovitzerler, çok lançerli roketatarlar ve 18 kadar SA-7 omuzdan atılan uçaksavar füzeleri var.  Human Rights Watch Acil Durumlar Direktörü Peter Bouackaert bundan son birkaç günde rejim uçaklarına yapılan başarılı vuruşların hepsinin yurt içinde ele geçirilen füzelerle yapıldığının anlaşıldığını söylüyor. 
Bu Washington'un muhaliflere uçaksavar silahları sağlama gerekliliği hakkındaki hıçkırıklarını tedavülden kaldırmış oluyor. Eğer muhalifler rejimi tamamen kendi imkanlarıyla yenerlerse bu tamamen yerli yapımı bir devrim olacak ve bu muhalifler tarafından unutulmayacak bir gerçek olacak. New York Times Obama yönetiminin dondurduğu silah temini programını bir şekilde başlatmanın yolu üzerine düşündüğüne dair bir yazı yayınladı. Beyaz Saray Esad sonrası kurulacak bir devlette kendini dostu yada bir etkisi olmadan görmekten endişe ediyor; Ali Mamluk ve Esad bitmeden önce Amerikan bayraklarının yakılarak uçuşup uçuşmayacağını merak ediyorum. 
Bunun da ötesinde Suriye'nin el-Qaide fraksiyonu Jabhat al-Nusra'nın kendi füzelerini temin etmelerini kimse engelleyemez, ki bunu geçtiğimiz hafta  Deyr ez-Zur'da Mayadin üssünü ele geçirdiklerinde yapmış bile olabilirler. Bir videoda siyah şehadet bayraklarından tanıyabileceğimiz mücahitleri bu doğu eyaletinin otoyolunda pikaplar, motosikletler ve hatta bir tank üzerinde seyrederken görülüyor. Ya bir dahaki sefere hava aracı ele geçirirlerse ne olur? 
İngiliz Başbakan David Cameron bu ikilemi(dilemma) diğer batılı yetkililerden daha iyi anlamış görünüyor ki AB'yi Suriye'ye uygulanan silah ambargosunu önümüzdeki yıla değil sadece üç ay uzatması için ikna etti. Diğer bir deyişle üç ay sonra İngiltere ve Fransa muhalifleri silahlandırmaya başlayabilir.  Güvenilir bir kaynaktan AB'nin eski başbakan Riad al-Hijab'e Fransa ve İngiltere'nin bağımsız bir sürgün hükümeti olarak tanıdığı SUK çatısı altında bir geçiş hükümetine başkanlık etmesi yönünde baskı yaptığını duydum. Bu dikkate değer bir öneri. Sadece Hijab rejimin nasıl işlediğini daha iyi biecek kadar rejime yakın olduğu için değil, muhaliflerle diğerleri gibi direkt kontağı olmadığı için(kısa süren başbakanlığı zayıf idiyse de): Onu ve ailesini geçtiğimiz Ağustos ayında Suriye'den Ürdün'e kaçırdılar. Eğer Cameron ve Monsieur Hollande kilit ÖSO komutanlarına birer kutu şeker gönderecekse ilk kutular Abdel Jabbar Al-Oqaidi, Muhammad Hussein al-Haj, Mithqal al-Bateesh, Qasseem Saadeddine, Abdulrazzaq Tlass (tokalaştıktan sonra ellerinizi yıkamanız daha iyi olsa da) ve Abdulqader Saleh'e gitmeli.
Son olarak muhaliflerin artan kapasitesi gerçekten Kremlin'e de yarayabilir. Rus yapımı silahlar tüm maliyeti Suriye'ye ait olmak ve karı Moskova'nın devlete ait silah şirketi Rosoboronexport'a gitmek üzere Rus uçaklarını düşürüyor. Bu yüzden Putin eski helikopterleri ve yedek parçaları yenileyerek Suriye'ye geri gönderiyor ki ayrıca bunları deniz yoluyla değil de Azerbaycan, İran and Irak yoluyla transfer etmek Esada daha pahalıya maloluyordur. Eğer helikopterler havada vurulursa rejime yenileri gerekecek.
ProPublica sayesinde Rusya'nın 240 ton Suriye banknotunu ABD ve Avrupa ambargolarının Suriye para birimini ayaklanmanın başladığı mart 20112den bu yana %44 düşürmesine rağmen Temmuz-Eylül arasında 10 haftalık bir periyotta Suriye'ye basıp gönderdiğini de biliyoruz. 2000'de başa geçerek Yeltsin'den kalan hiperenflasyonu düzeltmeye and içen Putin gönderdiği paranın kısa süre içinde basıldığı kağıttan daha değersiz hale geldiğini biliyor. Ama başka bir ülkenin ekonomisinin batıp batmadığını kim umursar ki?
Putin bu oyunu sonsuza dek oynayamayacağını biliyor. Esadın nakdi rezervlerinin şu an 6-8 milyar dolar olduğu tahmin ediliyor ama rejimin maaşlarını ödemek ve başkanlık sarayının ışıklarının yanmaya devam etmesini sağlamak için ayda 500 milyon dolar harcıyor. Bu bana hiç te olumlu bir matematik hesabı gibi gelmiyor. Ve eğer Suriye Merkez Bankasının Rusya'nın VTB bankasındaki parasını 2 milyar euro arttırdığı duyurusu doğruysa muhalefetin sevinmeye bir nedeni vardır: Muhtemelen VTB parayı  kredi alacaklılarının kendisine karşı açtığı birçok davada kendini savunmak için harcayacaktır.
Bu hafta duyduğum en saçma şey de sadece NATO Doğo Avrupa'da füze kalkanından vazgeçerse Vladimir Vladimirovich'in Beşşar' terk edeceğiydi. (Onu bu kadar uzlaşmaz bir şekilde destekleyerek KGB katili şimdi de karşısında Türkiye'nin güneyinde konuşlu Patriot'ları görüyor.) Şimdilerde Beltway'in yumuşak güç politikası okulunda Putin'in gerçekten böyle düşündüğüne inanan bazıları var. Ama önemli değil. Suriye'nin Kendin Yap (DIY) devriminin esas faydası uzun süredir dünyada işlerinnasıl yürüdüğünü bildiğini düşünenlerin aslında nasıl çalıştığı görülürken alakasız bir konumda kalmış olmalarıdır.+

REJİM HALEP'TE FIRINLARA SALDIRIYOR

İlgili yazıya linkte ingilizce içerik olarak erişebilirsiniz.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/30/syria-government-attacking-bread-lines


HALEP AÇLIK, SOĞUK VE HASTALIKLA YÜZYÜZE VE YARDIM UMUDU AZ

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/as-fighting-rages-in-aleppo-syrians-face-hunger-disease-and-little-hope-of-aid/2012/12/25/86ab74f0-4d37-11e2-835b-02f92c0daa43_story.html

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/29/saving_syrians_one_blanket_at_a_time_refugees_aid?page=0,0


http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/01/islamists-syria-jabhat-al-nusra-increase-support-pkk-pyd.html

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