May 6, 2014, Antiwar.com You can’t really send weapons to one rebel faction in Syria without them being spread amongst many groups. This reality has been a constant in the nation, where entering any faction’s territory or using any faction’s border crossing usually requires “tribute” in the form of some …

60,000 Civilians Flee as ‘War Within a War’ Comes to Town May 4, 2014, antiwar.com The ongoing “war within a war” between different Syrian rebel factions has picked up steam this weekend in Deir Ezzor Province, along Syria’s eastern border with Iraq. The fighting is between al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) …

  Burn notice: Jihadis destroy their passports in a video made by Isis, formerly al-Qa’ida in Iraq May 4, 2014, the Independent It is only a matter of time before jihadis in al-Qa’ida-type groups that have taken over much of eastern Syria and western Iraq have a violent impact on …

May 4, 2014, Stop Imperialism.org Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org provides his analysis of the latest developments in Syria.  Specifically, Draitser examines the recent statements by FBI Director Comey regarding jihadists from the US and other Western countries going to fight in Syria.  Draitser explains that the changing nature of the …

May 3, 2014, Lilly Martin, OpEd News Syria began a spiral of violence in March 2011. The leaders of the uprising in Deraa have long gone; some are found now living in Benghazi, Libya. The followers of the Syrian revolution have long since realized the freedom and democracy they thought …

By Jane Stillwater [The Syria Solidarity Movement offers this excellent report by one of our favorite bloggers on a recent talk by Mother Agnes-Mariam under the sponsorship of St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California.  Mother Agnes is also available to speak at your community in North America during May 9-13.  …

May 2, 2014, Sana News Social Affairs Ministry, Higher Commission for Relief, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in cooperation with General Commission of the Arab Palestinian Refugees continue to deliver food aid to Yarmouk Camp in Damascus. In a statement, Director of the Commission Ali …

  May 2, 2014, CNN   It is a scene seared forever into the memory of an eyewitness: Masked men drag the bloodied body of a man across a public square, and tie it to a make-shift cross on a metal pole. Green string holds the body’s arms outstretched across …

May 2, 2014, Sky News Footage uncovered by researchers at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) shows jihadist rebels killing a prisoner, said to be a loyalist of President Bashar al Assad. The incident is thought to have happened in the last two weeks near Raqqa in northern Syria. …

Apr 28, 2014, Global Research The so-called Arab Spring is one of the most pivotal geopolitical happenings of the current century and one which will no doubt reverberate and define the academic discourse on the subject in later generations. That being said, it becomes disheartening to find out that the …