ven, 09/20/2013 - 13:51

American 'freedom fighter' Matthew VanDyke releases film on Syria

After considerable online buzz, self-styled “American freedom fighter" and documentary filmmaker Matthew VanDyke has released the short film he directed about the Syrian conflict.
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jeu, 09/05/2013 - 18:07

Goodbye 'freedom fries': France’s mojo rises over Syria

In the lead-up to the Iraq War, the French were "cheese-eating surrender monkeys". A decade later, France is now America's staunchest ally on Syria. How did France turn from a white flag-fluttering country to a red-blooded nation of hawks?
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jeu, 01/17/2013 - 10:52

Prolonging Assad’s Downfall in Syria Risks Regional Spillover

A dire outcome for Syria and the region are a certainty if the U.S. and Europe continue to wait the crisis out.
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ven, 11/30/2012 - 11:28

Could Syria Be a Test of France’s Reemergence?

The only way for France to reappear on the global scene seems to be by spearheading efforts to recognize newly formed governments emerging from the Arab Spring.
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mer, 08/01/2012 - 21:23

How Asma al-Assad’s Vogue profiler duped herself

Joan Juliet Buck, author of Vogue’s infamous “Asma al-Assad: A Rose in the Desert” piece, has given her version of the story in a piece titled, “Mrs. Assad Duped Me”. But the Syrian First Lady didn’t do the duping, that was done by solely by Buck.
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jeu, 06/14/2012 - 02:45

'The right thing to do', or plain folly: should we intervene in Syria?

Should the West intervene in Syria? Idealists and sceptics are at odds over how best to stop the ongoing bloodshed. Here are some of their arguments.
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