Iranian Strategy in Syria
The Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted an extensive, expensive, and integrated effort to keep President Bashar al-Assad in power as long as possible.
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Syria Project
The Smart and Right Thing in Syria
The United States must embrace the Syrian opposition fully in order to strengthen its moderate elements, convert the networks of opposition groups into a functioning hierarchy that can govern the country, and ensure that a moderate, representative state friendly to the United States emerges in the wake of Assad.
Elizabeth O'Bagy on Issues Facing Syrian Refugees with PBSNewsHour
Apr 8, 2013 - Anonymous
At least 3 million Syrians have been displaced from their homes but remain within their war-torn country with no way to escape. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how these Syrians face squalid conditions and health issues, while the global aid community struggles to reach them.
Governance In Rebel-Held Syria
Mar 28, 2013 - Anonymous
Since the fall of al-Raqqa city into rebel hands in mid-March 2013, many Syria commentators have been closely tracking events in the city as an indicator of Syria’s future under rebel control.
The Free Syrian Army
The opposition movement in Syria has been fragmented from its inception, a direct reflection of Syria’s social complexity and the decentralized grassroots origin of the uprising. This condition has plagued Syria’s armed opposition since peaceful protestors took up arms and began forming rebel groups under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the summer of 2011.
ISW Report Examines the Free Syrian Army
ISW’s latest report, The Free Syrian Army, analyzes how rebel commanders on the ground in Syria have begun to coordinate tactically in order to plan operations and combine resources.
The Opposition Takeover in al-Raqqa
Mar 15, 2013 - Joseph Holliday, Joseph Holliday
On March 4, 2013, rebel groups overran government forces in al-Raqqa city, the first provincial capital and only urban center to fall to rebel hands since the start of the uprising.
NPR: Syrian Rebels Aren't Able To Fill Government's Role As They Take Cities
Mar 14, 2013 - National Public Radio: All Things Considered - AnonymousSource:
National Public Radio: All Things Considered
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Audie Cornish talks to Elizabeth O'Bagy from the Institute for the Study of War about her recent visit to rebel groups in Syria and the political and military landscape of the opposition in Syria.
The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency To Civil War
The conflict in Syria transitioned from an insurgency to a civil war during the summer of 2012. This report seeks to explain how the Assad regime lost its counterinsurgency campaign, but remains well situated to fight a protracted civil war against Syria’s opposition.
The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency to Civil War
Mar 6, 2013 - Anonymous
ISW’s latest report, The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency to Civil War, explains how the Assad regime lost its counterinsurgency campaign, but remains well situated to fight a protracted civil war against Syria’s opposition.