Syria

Assad Must Be Held Accountable for All Types of Terror

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US missile strikes cannot be a one-off response, said the Atlantic Council’s Frederic C. Hof US missile strikes on a Syrian air base from where a deadly chemical weapons attack is believed to have been launched send a clear message that the United States is now “directly engaged” in addressing the mass homicide perpetrated by […]

Al-Bab Residents Slowly Return after the City Is Liberated from ISIS

By Hasan Arfeh

On February 23, Turkish and rebel forces seized al-Bab in northern Syria from the Islamic State group (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) after three years under the terrorist group’s control. Like many Syrian cities, since 2011 it was treated unfairly by the media, which stereotyped it as one of ISIS’s strongest bases of support in Syria and […]

Frederic C. Hof’s Statement on US Military Strikes in Syria: This May Signal That the Free Ride for Mass Murder Is Over

By Frederic C. Hof

The American strike on Shayrat air base in Syria is an appropriate response to mass homicide by the regime of Bashar al-Assad. It was from Shayrat that aircrafts were launched on April 4, 2017 to deliver chemical munitions on the town of Khan Sheikhoun, killing several dozen defenseless civilians, including children. This American strike, which […]

Trump Has Few Options to Respond to Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria

The United States has limited options when it comes to responding to the deadly chemical attack likely carried out by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria’s Idlib province on April 4, according to an Atlantic Council analyst. The international community has so far imposed sanctions on Syria, which haven’t worked, said Faysal Itani, a senior fellow […]