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Archives: Free Syrian Army
![Not the Onion: US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/not-the-onion-us-asks-russia-not-187x137.jpg)
![ISIL Advance Traps 165,000 Syrians at Closed Turkish Border](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/isil-advance-traps-165000-syrian-187x137.jpg)
ISIL Advance Traps 165,000 Syrians at Closed Turkish Border
By Gerry Simpson | ( Human Rights Watch ) | - - There are two walls on the Turkey-Syria border. One is manned by Turkish border guards enforcing Turkey’s 15 month-old border…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/AlRaqqaMap-1-187x137.jpg)
US-Backed Kurds begin Campaign against ISIL in Northern Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The left-leaning Beirut daily al-Safir (The Ambassador) discusses the beginning of a new campaign by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against Daesh…![US Centcom Commander in Syria to Coordinate Kurds, Arabs against ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/us-centcom-commander-in-syria-to-187x137.jpg)
US Centcom Commander in Syria to Coordinate Kurds, Arabs against ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Robert Burns of AP reported on the visit inside Syria of the head of the US Middle East Command (Centcm), Army Gen. Joseph…![A Tale of Two Cities: Muslim Rebels strike back at Hospital in Gov’t held West](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/a-tale-of-two-cities-muslim-rebe-187x137.jpg)
A Tale of Two Cities: Muslim Rebels strike back at Hospital in Gov’t held West
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)| - - Muslim fundamentalist rebels, including al-Qaeda, took revenge Tuesday on West Aleppo for the heavy government bombardment of East Aleppo that has killed dozens in…![Russia declines to ask Syria to halt Bombardment of East Aleppo](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/russia-declines-to-ask-syria-to-187x137.jpg)
Russia declines to ask Syria to halt Bombardment of East Aleppo
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s recent interview with Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter gives some idea of thinking in Moscow about the Syrian civil…![ISIL Endgame: Obama to send 250 more US Troops into Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/isil-endgame-obama-to-send-250-m-187x137.jpg)
ISIL Endgame: Obama to send 250 more US Troops into Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama is announcing Monday morning in Hanover, Germany, that he will send another 250 US troops, likely mostly special operations, into Syria,…![Syria: Is al-Qaeda rising as ISIL is rolled Back? Is the US de facto Allied with it?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/syria-is-al-qaeda-rising-as-isil-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Is al-Qaeda rising as ISIL is rolled Back? Is the US de facto Allied with it?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The cessation of hostilities in Syria never included Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) or al-Qaeda (the Nusra Front or Support Front), but it did include…![Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/russia-hizbullah-begin-withdrawa-187x137.jpg)
Mystery: Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Hayat [Life], the London pan-Arab daily, reports on the announcement Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would begin withdrawing the greater…![Syria: The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/syria-the-mother-of-all-battles-187x137.jpg)
Syria: The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Aided by a massive Russian bombing campaign and Hizbullah and Iranian (or likely actually Afghan) reinforcements, the Syrian Arab Army has broken out…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2015-11-25-at-4.46.26-AM-187x137.png)
Why did Turkey dare shoot down a Russian Plane? The Proxy War in Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Turkish government decision to down a Russian jet operating in the north of the Syrian province of Latakia is breathtaking in its…![Regime Market Bombing Kills 100: Don’t Syrian Lives Matter?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/regime-market-bombing-kills-100-187x137.jpg)
Regime Market Bombing Kills 100: Don’t Syrian Lives Matter?
Majed Aboali | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Hospital workers in Syria, barely able to keep up with demand, are desperate to reduce the supply. Their plea: stop the killing.…![Is Russia’s offer of Parliamentary Elections in Syria Serious?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/is-russias-offer-of-parliamentar-187x137.jpg)
Is Russia’s offer of Parliamentary Elections in Syria Serious?
By Juan Cole | (informed Comment) | - - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said three surprising things Saturday in an interview with Rossiya 1. 1. Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad would have…![Is the Syrian Crisis Nearing the point where Diplomacy Can make a Difference?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/is-the-syrian-crisis-nearing-the-187x137.jpg)
Is the Syrian Crisis Nearing the point where Diplomacy Can make a Difference?
Jo Comerford and Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Introduction by Tom Engelhardt: Whatever happened to the “imperial presidency”? In mid-September, in the midst of the serial collapse of a…![Deal with Saudis? Why does the US care if Russia bombs al-Qaeda and its Allies in Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/10/deal-with-saudis-why-does-the-us-187x137.jpg)
Deal with Saudis? Why does the US care if Russia bombs al-Qaeda and its Allies in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama on Friday pledged not to turn Syria into an arena for a proxy war between the US and the Russian Federation.…![US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Nusra Islamists, Pentagon confirms](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/us-trained-syria-rebels-gave-wea-187x137.jpg)
US-trained Syria rebels gave weapons to al-Qaeda Pentagon confirms
RT | - - "The U.S. military has revealed that American -trained Syrian rebels surrendered equipment to an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in exchange for safe passage. They handed over pick-up trucks…![Can a Loose Federal system save Syria and Iraq?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/can-a-loose-federal-system-save-187x137.jpg)
Can a Loose Federal system save Syria and Iraq?
By Jerome Joffe | (Informed Comment) | - - In recent months, prospects for applying the principles of federation and constitutional protection for minorities as a basic political solution for the conflicts…![How many thousands US troops would GOP Hopefuls send to Iraq and Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/how-many-thousands-us-troops-wou-187x137.jpg)
How many thousands US troops would GOP Hopefuls send to Iraq and Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bill Barrow of the Associated Press took a look at the specifics of plans for US troop deployments in the Middle East put…![Is Syria doomed to become Sunni version of Theocratic Iran?](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/is-syria-doomed-to-become-sunni-187x137.jpg)
Is Syria doomed to become Sunni version of Theocratic Iran?
By Hakim Khatib | ( Your Middle East ) - - War in Syria The Syrian upheaval has, increasingly, been fixed in a religious framework – Sunnis against the rest, writes Hakim…![Putin pitches Grand Alliance against Daesh/ ISIL, but Syria Rebels want al-Assad Gone](http://web.archive.org./web/20160622030305im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/putin-pitches-grand-alliance-aga-187x137.jpg)