This month Iraq and Syria are both noting, but not celebrating, anniversaries of violence that transformed the two societies.
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The last thing Syrians need is more arms going to either side
Russia and Iran are providing weapons and ammunition to Syria’s President Assad, while Saudi Arabia and Qatar deliver arms through…
Continue reading →There is no ‘noble war’ that will justify this bloodshed
After the terrible bloodletting on the battlefields, the fever began to die down. People looked war in the face with…
Continue reading →Charles Glass on Syria’s Mutual Destruction and the Unconvincing Fears of Assad’s Chemical Weapons
Veteran journalist Charles Glass joins us to discuss his recent trip to Syria and its largest city, Aleppo. Addressing U.S.-led…
Continue reading →Aleppo: How Syria Is Being Destroyed
This year, Aleppo will produce no soap. The late-medieval souks in which craftsmen fashioned blocks of the famous olive oil…
Continue reading →The colonial-era division of spoils draws a map of Syria’s uncertainty
Syrians used to tell a joke about a survey that asked “what is your opinion of eating meat?” This was…
Continue reading →Syria’s refugees pay a cruel price as the conflict keeps spreading
A Syrian friend of mine complained, rightly, that both sides in the country’s civil war have had a hand in…
Continue reading →Charles Glass: With Annan’s Exit and Influx of Foreign Arms, Syria’s Violence “Seems the Only Way Out”
Kofi Annan’s resignation is a serious setback for anyone who’d hoped that there could be a diplomatic resolution to this…
Continue reading →Syria can be preserved by the subtle route of compromise
In the past week, Syrian opposition groups have issued two contrasting appeals to the international community. On Saturday 28 July,…
Continue reading →The Country That Is the World: Syria’s Clashing Communities
The population of Syria is so inharmonious a gathering of widely different races in blood, in creed, and in custom,…
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