Analyzing the largest Syria crisis Facebook polls, by Camille Otrakji
Analyzing the largest Syria crisis Facebook polls, by Camille Otrakji Originally appeared on Creativesyria’s “The Syria Page” blog Several Facebook polls on the Syrian crisis have been conducted over...
View ArticleSheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Interviewed by Syria Comment
Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Interviewed by Syria Comment by Matthew Barber Matthew Barber interviews Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi in Rabat, Morocco, April 2013. Photo: Syria Comment In a previous post I...
View Article“The evolving humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis,” by Marika Sosnowski
The evolving humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis Marika Sosnowski – @MikiSosnowski – http://marikasosnowski.com/ For Syria Comment, May 2015 In 2015, the UN has requested a staggering US$8.4...
View ArticleSheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi Responds to al-Julani’s al-Jazeera Interview
by Matthew Barber Sheikh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi is a respected Sufi scholar and teacher from Damascus who has been an outspoken voice against IS and other extremist groups in Syria. Throughout the course...
View ArticleRemembering Dr. Hassan al-Araj
Remembering Dr. Hassan al-Araj by Cindy Coffman For Syria Comment May 4, 2016 First, I will introduce myself and then I would like to tell you about a dear friend and colleague, who was recently killed...
View ArticleA Day in The Life of The Jungle: Syrians Camped out in Calais
A Day in The Life of The Jungle: Syrians Camped out in Calais by Tam Hussein – @tamhussein For Syria Comment, May Apart from the odd father attending to the needs of their families, most Syrians sleep...
View ArticleDealing with Syria’s Foreign Fighters: A Liberal Conundrum
The Case of Mirsad Bectašević and Amer al-Hasani by Tam Hussein @tamhussein For Syria Comment, June 14, 2016 As a result of Syria’s bloody conflict Europe is at a turning point. The threat of...
View ArticleKurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report
HRW witnesses KDP asa’ish preventing a Yazidi civilian family from bringing rice and pillows for their own use into Sinjar. Photo: 2016 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch has issued an...
View ArticleIntervention in Syrien: Sollten wir eingestehen, dass der Krieg gegen das...
Intervention in Syrien: Sollten wir eingestehen, dass der Krieg gegen das syrische Regime verloren ist? By Nikolaos van Dam – @nikolaosvandam Vortrag gehalten am 7 März 2018 am Bruno Kreisky Forum für...
View ArticleEastern Ghouta x 20, by Aron Lund
After several days of calm, the battle in Eastern Ghouta enclave seems to have picked up again as President Bashar al-Assad’s government launched a new round of air strikes on Douma, the only city...
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