With the country slipping quickly into civil war, its easy to focus entirely on the warring factions and violence and write the country off. It
Tag: Arab Spring
Who Are the Pro-Assad Militias? -Carnegie
There has been a lot written about the Syrian opposition, both on the ‘moderate’ side and the Islamic extremists. However, there has been relatively written
Lebanon under fire: Two years of spillover from the Syrian civil war -Daily Star
A good overview of the impact of the Syrian Civil War on Lebanon. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Jan-16/286267-timeline-lebanon-under-fire.ashx
Obama’s five key Middle East battlegrounds in 2015 -BBC
“The message here is that the US must seek to re-define its core interests in the region more clearly. Well-meaning statements about the spread of
Post Arab-Spring Elections -BBC
Bahrain has just held elections, but the Shi’a opposition dismissed them as a sham and boycotted the process: “Bahrain holds disputed election amid Shia boycott
Reactions to Reflections on the Arab Uprisings
Reactions to Reflections on the Arab Uprisings. Here is a very thoughtful response to the previous post by Mark Lynch on how the Arab Spring
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