Stop the Slaughter in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta Stop the Slaughter in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
One thing that should never be debated is the sanctity of civilian life, and the fact that collective punishment is always wrong.
Feb 23, 2018 / Loubna Mrie
Trump’s Syria Policy: Perpetual War Without Debate Trump’s Syria Policy: Perpetual War Without Debate
How is this Constitutional?
Feb 15, 2018 / James Carden
The US Turns Its Back on the World’s Most Vulnerable The US Turns Its Back on the World’s Most Vulnerable
The Trump administration reveals, again, its contempt for TPS and will stop giving protected status to Syrians.
Feb 1, 2018 / Julianne Hing
Showdown in Afrin: Turkey’s Attack on Syria’s Kurds Threatens That Country’s Most Democratic, Pluralist Force Showdown in Afrin: Turkey’s Attack on Syria’s Kurds Threatens That Country’s Most Democratic, Pluralist Force
The Kurds have said they will fight to the death before they give up an inch of Afrin.
Jan 26, 2018 / Meredith Tax
Will Lebanon Force a Million Syrian Refugees to Return to a War Zone? Will Lebanon Force a Million Syrian Refugees to Return to a War Zone?
As anti-refugee sentiment grows in Lebanon, desperate Syrians may be forced to choose between staying in a place that doesn't want them and returning to a broken country.
Jan 24, 2018 / Feature / Eric Reidy
Why Russians Think ‘America Is Waging War Against Russia’ Why Russians Think ‘America Is Waging War Against Russia’
Russiagaters allege, with no evidence, that “Russia attacked America” in 2016, but many Russians believe—with reasonable cause—that the US has been attacking their country for 25 y...
Dec 20, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
In Syria, ‘Reconciliation’ Is Bleak In Syria, ‘Reconciliation’ Is Bleak
The people of Moadamiya and Daraya were once a legend of the resistance, but today we feel like we’ve been forgotten by the world.
Dec 7, 2017 / Humam Moadamani
Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5
By declaring Putin’s Russia to be the greatest danger to America, the political-media establishment itself is endangering US national security.
Nov 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
‘Russiagate’ Zealots (Mainly Democrats) Have Become a Major Threat to US National Security ‘Russiagate’ Zealots (Mainly Democrats) Have Become a Major Threat to US National Security
At an international summit in Vietnam last week, President Trump took necessary steps to reduce the perils of the new Cold War with Russia. Liberal Democrats call it “treasonous.”
Nov 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
What Russia’s Syria Intervention Tells Us About Its Interference in the US Election What Russia’s Syria Intervention Tells Us About Its Interference in the US Election
Playing on ethnic and racial divisions has become a hallmark of crony-capitalist Russia.
Nov 6, 2017 / Juan Cole