Washington — Confirming once again that war, to those who are sent to fight them, is absolute hell, newly released Pentagon statistics show that suicide — not combat — is...
Who rises if Assad falls? That question, which has bedeviled U.S. experts on the Middle East, may need updating to read: Who rises when Assad falls? For the war is...
By all appearances Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad still has chemical weapons, all of which were supposed to have been destroyed by now. From Nick Cumming-Bruce, New York Times GENEVA —...
Bashar al-Assad has been a secular leader, not only allowing, but encouraging Muslims, Christians, and Jews to peacefully co-exist in Syria. The claim that Assad was the perpetrator of chemical...