Syria

The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: A Conversation with Turkish AFAD President

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On Monday, April 20, 2015, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the Turkish Heritage Organization hosted the President of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD), Dr. Fuat Oktay, for a discussion on the Syrian humanitarian crisis. Atlantic Council Vice President and Hariri Center Director Francis Ricciardone provided introductory […]

Syria: Getting to Legitimacy through an ISIL-First Strategy

By Frederic C. Hof

Last week the Rafik Hariri Center of the Atlantic Council launched a report Setting the Stage for Peace in Syria, recommending that the anti-Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) “train-and-equip” program for Syrian nationalists be put on steroids:

Syria: Making Good on the President’s Words

By Frederic C. Hof

President Barack Obama is on the record saying that the protection of Syrian civilians from barrel bombs—the most spectacularly visible manifestation of Assad regime mass murder—is now a core US interest. Making good on the president’s words is vital for the credibility of a nation whose network of alliances spans the globe.

Setting the Stage for Peace in Syria: The Case for a Syrian National Stabilization Force

By Rafik Hariri Center

On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East released its latest report, Setting the Stage for Peace in Syria: The Case for a Syrian National Stabilization Force, by Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof, Dr. Bassma Kodmani, Cofounder and Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative, and […]

Making the Case for a Syrian National Stabilization Force

By Larry Luxner

Analysts propose US-led effort to end the war in Syria Nothing less than a national stabilization force consisting of fifty thousand troops and costing billions of dollars will stop the continuing bloodshed in Syria, three security analysts said April 14 at the Atlantic Council. The panel coincided with the release of a report, Setting the […]

Syria Needs Train-and-Equip on Steroids: Ambassador Frederic C. Hof’s Remarks

By Frederic C. Hof

Ambassador Frederic Hof, Senior Fellow with Atlantic Council, Bassma Kodmani, Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative and Associate Professor at Paris University, and Jeffrey White, Defense Fellow and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy presented their report, Setting the Stage for Peace in Syria: The Case for a Syrian National Stabilization Force, on […]

تمهيد المسار للسلام في سوريا: مقترح لإنشاء قوة وطنية سورية من أجل الاستقرار

إعداد: فريديرك هوف، بسمة قضماني، جيفري وايت انطلاقاً من برنامج الرئيس باراك أوباما للتدريب-والتجهيز لتحويل المتمردين السوريين الوطنيين إلى قوات برية لمقاومة الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام، يوصي التقرير بالتطلع إلى ما هو أبعد: تجنيد، وتدريب، وتجهيز، ونشر قوة وطنية سورية من أجل الاستقرار تكون مؤلفة من سوريين فقط. تلك القوة، التي بإمكانها أن تشكل أساساً […]

Setting the stage for peace in Syria: The case for a Syrian National Stabilization Force

By Frederic C. Hof, Bassma Kodmani and Jeffrey White

After four years of conflict in Syria, peace is still a distant prospect. The West insists that there is no “military solution,” while Iran and Russia provide the Assad regime with a military advantage obstructing the possibility of real diplomatic negotiations. With over 220,000 Syrians dead and more than half of the Syrian population displaced, […]