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The Kurdish sense of making it work.
In a city like Ras al-Ain, where graffiti celebrates the expulsion of the Arab opposition at the hands of the Kurdish People\’s Protection Units (YPG) on July 17 and rockets keep being launched from...
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Today I am going to share the transcription of a conversation I had on Facebook with a Syrian friend who lives far from that hell, and supports the revolution (NOT the islamists, it must be said and...
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Israel’s own misconception on “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”
The next war is inevitable, Israelis believe, because our enemies hate us, they’re fanatics, they don’t care about dying, they like to die, etc.What’s fascinating, though, is how people here completely...
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SYRIAN LESSON FOR LIFE: Be careful about planning HOW to make your dreams...
These activists were predominantly liberal and secular, but hailed from all social and religious backgrounds. They were united by a vision and a noble aim. They espoused the kinds of freedoms and...
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Basic Lessons to understand Middle East. Must read!
Advanced countries have long resolved the debate over the state and its system: The republics are republics, kingdoms are kingdoms, and change, when it happens, targets the rule, not the state or the...
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How is it to resist while living the hell of Raqqa.
From the very start of the popular uprising in Syria, Assad and his regime described the unarmed protesters as “terrorists.” In order to ensure that reality fell in line with its propaganda, the regime...
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The meaningless (and meaningful) death of a martyr.
ISIS has released a video apparently showing the beheading of David Haines, a British humanitarian who was trying to save lives in Syria. It’s just heartbreaking–and infuriating. I’ve swapped the...
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Modern day “crusaders” for survival,… modern day Mossarabs at fight.
The Christian religious symbols, various forms of the cross and Jesus’s name tattooed on the hands and arms of these young fighters signify their strong determination and willingness to fight for their...
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A young women’s call “To Our Countries”
A new occasion to let us all remember that change in Middle East will come invariably from women. Let them be these women singing in exile from Sweden or the brave fighting women of Kobane. Let this be...
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My Childhood Friend, the ISIS Jihadist: A Modus Operandi repeating all over...
“Am I an unbeliever then?” I ask. “What do you mean, brother?” “I am happy to live in Denmark. I don’t think I want to live in the Caliphate.” “Hopefully, one day you will be led on the right path....
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Why does Israel take sides with Islamists in Syria?
The cruelty of Damascus is undisputed. The Syrian regime subjected its people to tyranny for decades. When the battles erupted, the regime massacred mercilessly its citizens, even within densely...
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Daesh Caliphate: The irresistible attraction to the abyss…
Adèle, the fifteen-year-old daughter of a professional couple in Paris who joins Jabhat al-Nusra after an online conversion by her handler “Brother Mustafa.” In a farewell note to her mother she leaves...
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Syria… anymore? (Because of us… because of them)
But it isn’t only the international community and Assad who are to blame. The Syrians themselves have failed as well, at least their leaders and representatives. They all have pushed themselves deeper...
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Kurdistan… why…. or why not?… and how… and how not?
In respect to regaining the Kurdish Homeland, ISIS / DA’ESH was a gift from heaven as the Kurds are now controlling everything what is rightfully theirs and what the Arabs would never ever have given...
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Why Israel does not help palestinians in Yarmouk?
From afar, it’s hard to recognize them. They are swaying human shadows, staring out into space, faces gaunt and their bones protruding from the skin that’s meant to cover them. But if you look at them...
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Aleppo’s Christians’ own Friday of Pain…
Feeling the most frightened and vulnerable are the city’s sizable religious minorities, foremost of which is the Christian community whose neighborhoods have borne the brunt of the recent carnage. For...
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Yazidi means “I was created”
Who are the Ezidis? Many Kurds know the Ezidis as refugees, IDPs, even as devil worshippers – though mostly through biased media reports. Kawa wants to learn the truth about the people’s religion and...
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A movie to remember why people dies crossing the Mediterranean to reach...
This road movie portrays the perilous journey of well-known intellectual Yassin al-Haj Saleh and young photographer Ziad Homsi through Syria, at a time when the country edges towards the brink. Yassin...
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Why is Israel respecting IS and AlQaeda so openly?
(…) an Israeli army spokesperson had now confirmed these reports. He clarified that this extended to logistical support in the form of medical aid to al-Qaeda rebels. “We don’t ask who they are, we...
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