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Syria’s problems are more than ‘sectarian’ – only a true national dialogue will address them
Reductive descriptions of recent violence and flawed elections distract from President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s shortcomings in delivering the democracy that Syria’s complex society demands.
The idea of Syria is worth saving
The world has spent decades brandishing arbitrarily drawn maps depicting Syrians in sectarian and separatist terms. Yet this reductive approach ignores another, deeper tradition of Syrian communality that must now be nurtured and protected.
Legitimizing Assad? A short-sighted and self-defeating strategy
If Assad’s rehabilitation happens without exacting concessions from the regime and its supporters, the ground is being laid for long-term failure and continuous instability in Syria and the region.
In the game of Syria, the US and Europe hold the cards
This is the time to exact concessions on Syria from Iran, which needs the financial benefits of a full nuclear deal, and from Russia, which needs reconstruction money.
The war in Syria may be mostly over, but the revolution is not
It would be a grave mistake to imagine that the Arab Spring is on its deathbed; it may be in remission as it attempts to gather its forces again, and it may come through different iterations of the revolutionary spirit, but despite everything they have lost, Syrians still demand dignity and freedom.
Europe’s Untapped Sway in Syria - Paper
50 years of the Assad regime: An analysis of the European Union's policy towards Syria
Syrians need a fresh start, not ugly appeasement
Jimmy Carter’s proposal to rehabilitate Assad and ignore Syrians’ demands for justice isn't just morally bankrupt in the extreme, it also would fail to produce even the “ugly peace” of his imagination.
The World Must Act Now on Syria: An Open Letter
The world is a bystander to the carnage that has ravaged the lives of Syrians. All has happened in full view of a global audience that sees everything but refuses to act.
There is a clear alternative to Assad. To say otherwise is nonsense.
Syria's opposition and civil society - which have demanded change for decades - has made it clear what it wants. Are we listening?
It took Trump two days to do what Obama never would
Many Syrians would still be alive, safe and home today had there been a response to the Assad regime’s first massive chemical massacre in 2013.
How to defuse the child refugee time bomb lit in Syria
Six years of inaction have simply allowed the Assad regime to continue its crimes. But donor states can act now to give Syrian children a future.
Syrians need much more than phoney outrage
Many more Syrians were killed by Assad and Putin yesterday than there were MPs who bothered to attend what was clearly mislabelled an “emergency” debate on Aleppo.
Geneva's endless peace process plays into Bashar al-Assad's hands
Syria's leader knows that the toothless talks of Geneva I and II give him the ideal cover to continue terrorising the population
Syrian War Victims Want No One With Blood on Their Hands
After nearly three years of empty international condemnations, the Assad regime continues to savagely repress both peaceful and armed opponents, hoping to terrorize them all back into submission.
Give Syria peace, not a process
Instead of pushing to end the conflict, the Geneva conference looks more like a US ploy for endless talks
The U.S. Is Offering Too Little Too Late on Syria
In August, when President Obama first stated that Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons would be a "red line," the message to Assad was loud and clear: Everything else was permissible.
Robert Fisk’s independence
The reports from Syria of the journalist Robert Fisk raise serious questions over his credibility, say Yassin Al Haj Saleh & Rime Allaf.
This Time, Assad Has Overreached
Syrians are approaching the first anniversary of one of the most unexpected implosions of people power and psychological liberations the region has seen. But they have yet to experience the exhilaration of watching a dictator flee the country or be forced to resign.
Syrian women, backbone of the revolution
For the last ten months of the Syrian revolution, many skeptics have repeated the tired refrain that women have been absent from the uprising and that it seems to be a male- dominated (read "Islamist-leaning") protest movement.
Qatar's influence increases in the Middle East
Foresight and an open mind are paying off for Syria's newest enemy, as the wealthy state's political capital in the region grows