Could Infighting With Al-Qaeda Groups Actually Help The Free Syrian Army?

Syrian rebel infighting could boost the opposition’s chances of receiving help from the West, experts say.

Stephen Starr and Tracey Shelton
By Stephen Starr and Tracey Shelton

ISTANBUL — The assassination of a high-ranking Syrian rebel commander by an Al Qaeda-linked fighter could spell trouble for the rebels trying to fight the regime of Bashar al-Assad and secure weapons from already skittish Western donors. A militant with ties to Al Qaeda last week killed a commander in the Supreme Military Council of the

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Displaced Again: Palestinian Refugees Flee Syria War For Lebanon

For Palestinians leaving Syria, their displacement is compounding decades of statelessness.

Rebecca Collard
By Rebecca Collard

WAVEL REFUGEE CAMP, Lebanon — Musa Ali Talusi was just 10 years old when he left his home in the Palestinian village of Lubiyeh for Syria, in the war that led to Israel’s creation in 1948. Last year, he was 76 when he fled the war in Syria. “We heard a rocket hit the building,” Talusi said of his family’s home in the Yarmouk refugee camp, a

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Western Powers Faced With Dilemma As Al-Qaeda Group Takes Lead Role In Syria Uprising

A deteriorating situation has U.S. authorities seeking to restart ceasefire negotiations, while other actors are beating war drums.

Jo Erickson
By Jo Erickson

Whoever said “A week is a long time in politics” has not faced the new levels of uncertainty of the Syrian uprising. This week U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in an effort to resolve the Syrian crisis, insisted that Bashar al-Assad could not be part of a future transitional government. This poses the question, if the dictator Bashar al-Assad is

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