The bombing that killed Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rahja may have been the handiwork of defectors from President Assad’s inner circle.
Syria: The End of the Beginning
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A State’s WMD Are Just as Likely to Threaten It as Protect It
States that acquire WMD fail to fully anticipate the dangers of their enemies seizing them.
The Real Metric for Syria Is Russia’s Realpolitik
A more accurate bellwether of the tide turning in Syria will be if Russia decides it no longer needs President Assad.
Attacking Syria Is a No-Win Situation for Turkey
It is in Turkey’s best interest to act as negotiator between the hostile parties and move to the forefront of the peace-plan effort.
Syria, the United States, and the El Salvador Option (Part Two)
The United States has been funding Syria opposition groups since 2005.
Agreement on Syria Reached Without Syrians
There are three main reasons intervention is currently untenable: the fragmented and Islamic nature of the opposition, the Syrian regime’s backers, and the war-weary, insolvent West.
Syria’s Stalin and His Gulag
Human Rights Watch has produced a damning report on Syria’s torture regime.
U.S., Russia Continue to Jockey for Influence in Syria
There’s few prices short of war the Kremlin will not pay to keep from losing its sole remaining Arab ally.
Turkish F-4 Activated Syrian Radar to Scope Out Blind Spots
Most combat radar is kept in a passive mode to prevent a potential enemy from mapping out weaknesses or blind spots that can be useful in the advent of an attack.
Assad and His Droogs
Alex has a big problem. Since his earliest years he has been addicted to a potent combination of sex and violence. When he hangs out with his friends, their favorite activity is to break into people’s houses and terrorize them. But that’s actually not Alex’s big problem. That comes later, when he’s apprehended by the state and subjected to an extreme form of aversion therapy that makes him physically sick whenever he sees or contemplates violence. Worse, at least for Alex, is that he is repulsed by the art that once soothed his savage breast.