The Assad conundrum, by John Bell



Some argued that without his rule, radical Islamists such as ISIL would take over Syria.

It's the deeper societal and cultural work, not the Assad conundrum, that's required to move Syria slowly, but surely, towards health.

Click here to read the full article.

Aleppo: The guilt, the resentment, the indifference, by Riham Alkousaa



On the schizophrenia of celebrating and mourning Aleppo.

What is happening in Aleppo is truly historic, as Assad said the other day. It is the spectacular tearing apart of a once united nation, to the point that its people can no longer agree on basic principles of humanity.

Click here to read the full article.

The 'Palestinisation' of the Syrian people, by Robin Yassin-Kassab



Or how Aleppo and Syria were abandoned by the world.

Victory for Assad is also a victory for ISIL.

Click here to read the full article.

And who are we to say the Syrian revolution is dead? by Malak Chabkoun



The spirit of the revolution in Syria persists, even as Assad's forces advance.

Declaring the Syrian revolution dead reduces it - and all the sacrifices Syrians have made - to a military conflict, and once again plays directly into the narratives of despots and dictators in the Arab world who treated the Arab Spring as their personal invitation to further destroy their own peoples.

Click here to read the full article.

What the Spanish civil war can reveal about Syria, by Ibrahim al-Marashi



The Spanish civil war spanned three years - why has the Syrian conflict endured so much longer?

Both civil wars involved fighting for two major urban centres, the capitals, Madrid and Damascus, and two rebellious urban centres, Barcelona and Aleppo. The Republicans, like the Syrian rebels, suffered from infighting that ultimately weakened its ranks.

Click here to read the full article.

Inside Bashar al-Assad's mind, by James Denselow



Syria is a conflict with no breaks and Assad himself is insulated in its cockpit.

Simply calling Assad evil and leaving it at that abrogates a responsibility to better investigate what powers and influence he does and doesn't hold and to reveal the political science that has kept his regime in power.

Click here to read the full article.