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April 25, 2013
T.A. Frank
Let Them Eat Kebabs
Why Asma Al Assad is the perfect dictator’s wife for the twenty-first century
April 18, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Obama Crosses His Own Red Line
The president turns a blind eye to Syria's use of chemical weapons
February 22, 2013
Paul Berman
Welcome to Phase Three of the Arab Spring
Islamists are waning in the Arab world. But will Obama notice?
February 15, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Good Fences, Bad Neighbors: Israel and the Palestinians
December 14, 2012
Christopher A. Preble
Recognizing Disaster: Please, Mr. President, Don’t Intervene in Syria
October 23, 2012
John B. Judis
Romney Plays Reagan — And Does Well Enough
October 19, 2012
Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini
The Battle for Aleppo
October 18, 2012
Suzy Hansen
Turkey's Prime Minister Wants War in Syria. Turks Don't.
October 5, 2012
Fouad Ajami
How Sectarianism Blinds the Shia to the Horrors of Syria
October 5, 2012
Helen Vendler
Dante’s Vita Nova
September 20, 2012
Thanassis Cambanis
How the Arab Spring Killed Hezbollah
September 18, 2012
Julia Ioffe
Russia Tries to Kill U.S. Democracy Promotion Once and For All
September 14, 2012
Paul Berman
Baathism: An Obituary
August 30, 2012
Sarah Birke, Katie Paul
Inside Syria’s Fracturing Rebellion
August 20, 2012
Piotr Zalewski
The Meager and Gruesome Options For Syria’s War Wounded
August 7, 2012
Sophia Jones, Erin Banco
For Assad Defectors, Joining the Opposition Isn’t As Easy As It Sounds
July 30, 2012
Amy Sullivan
Vogue's Suck-Up to Assad: Blame the Editor, Not the Writer
July 29, 2012
Jonathan Schanzer
The Fate of Syria is in the Hands of … Palestinians?
July 23, 2012
Julia Ioffe
In Russia, Even Putin’s Critics Are OK With His Syria Policy
June 25, 2012
Tyler Golson
The Civil War in the Syrian Opposition: How Long Can the Free Syrian Army Hold Off Its Islamist Rivals?

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