Syria

2015

Apostates can be killed for food or organ transplants, IS says (28 December 2015)

10 reasons for Britain to bomb ISIS in Syria (27 November 2015)

Syria: to bomb or not to bomb? (23 November 2015)

Murder triggers protests in Assad stronghold (10 August 2015)

UN acts on chlorine attacks in Syria (8 August 2015)

GNRD appears on Kurdish TV (28 July 2015) 

Assad regime revises the Qur'an (16 July 2015) 

GNRD and Syria (30 June 2015) 

Syria: new prospects for peace? (28 April 2015) 

2014

Assad regime and the right to kill 'pagans'  (4 December 2014)

'Pagans should be killed'  (3 December 2014)

ISIS, the Middle East's do-gooders (29 September 2014) 

Obama's unholy alliance (25 September 2014)

Bombs can't defeat ideas (16 September 2014) 

Segregation for the sake of peace? (6 August 2014)

Syria sarin attacks (5 March 2014)

A moment of opportunity for Syria talks (12 February 2014)

Assad and the enemy within (12 February 2014)

Off the record? (9 February 2014)

Is Facebook deleting history? (5 February 2014)

Boxed-in over Syria (3 February 2014)

Messing up in Syria (8 January 2014)

2013

Questions for the Syria Sarin sceptics (16 December 2013)

Sarin in Syria (14 December 2013) 

Syria chemical attacks: a question of sources (11 December 2013)

Investigating chemical weapons in Syria (10 December 2013) 

Syria and its chemical weapons (12 October 2013)

Ababneh trail leads to Iran (2 October 2013)

May 26: Assad's departure date? (28 September 2013)

Lavrov cites mystery reporter Ababneh (26 September 2013)

Manufacturing credibility (25 September 2013)

Yahya Ababneh exposed (22 September 2013)

Syria 'rebel chemicals' story gets weirder (21 September 2013)

Syria 'rebel chemicals' mystery deepens (21 September 2013)

Chemical attacks and a mystery reporter (18 September 2013)

Russia and the weapons inspectors (17 September 2013)

Syrian chemical weapons: reasons for hope (15 September 2013)

More clues from the weapons inspectors? (15 September 2013)

Why a UN resolution on Syria is needed (11 September 2013)

How to get Syria to give up chemical weapons (9 September 2013)

Put Russia to the test (8 September 2013)

Syria airstrikes: is there another way? (7 September 2013)

Chemical weapons: a diplomatic way out? (6 September 2013)

Has Putin changed his tune on Syria? (5 September 2013)

Walking a fine line on Syria (4 September 2013)

Talking to Mr Assad (2 September 2013)

Syria – a chilling hypothesis (1 September 2013)

Syria – the waiting game (1 September 2013)

Syria: a question of international law (31 August 2013)  

Syria: the view from US intelligence (31 August 2013)  

Syria: another green light for Assad (30 August 2013)  

Syria – from horror to farce (29 August 2013) 

Syria: some unanswered questions (28 August 2013) 

It's time to cast off the 'Iraq war' mindset (27 August 2013)  

US rallies support for Syria air strikes (26 August 2013)  

Chemical weapons in Syria require action (25 August 2013) 

Assad’s game-changer (22 August 2013)  

Method in Assad's madness? (21 August 2013)  

Syria conflict: the role of civil society (9 July 2013) 

British 'wishful thinking' on Syria (7 June 2013) 

Threats galore over Hizbullah in Syria (30 May 2013) 

Hizbullah's Syrian adventure (27 May 2013) 

Seeing through Assad (30 March 2013)

Syria: the Saddam Hussein question (9 March 2013)

Sharmine Narwani: spinning the Assad line (1 March 2013)

Arming the 'good' rebels in Syria (26 February 2013)

Defaming the dead in Syria (25 February 2013)

Syria talks: a lifeline for Assad? (22 February 2013)

Assad, the unassuming Godfather (7 February 2013)

The futility of talking to Assad (7 January 2013)

2012

Brahimi meets Assad (24 December 2012)

The Syria question. Is the answer 142? (23 December 2012)

Syria: preparing for the end (7 December 2012)

Syria's chemical weapons: how real is the threat? (6 December 2012)

Will Assad flee or sink with his ship? (5 December 2012)

Six pointers to Assad's fall (4 December 2012)

Syria rebels confront Assad's air power (29 November 2012)

Condoleezza's chaos theories (25 November 2012)

Syrian rebels' unnoticed gains (20 November 2012)

Lebanese peril (20 October 2012)

Syria and Iraq: the spillover effect (29 October 2012)

Syria and the 'Yemen solution' (4 June 2012)

Yes, sovereignty is the issue in Syria (10 June 2012)

Syria: Forget 'civil war' – it's armed conflict (14 June 2012)

Syrian regime warns: beware of imitations (23 July 2012)

Syria and Saudi Arabia: tyranny versus tyranny (6 August 2012)

Assad, Buddhism and an alien spaceship (6 May 2012)

Syria: voting for what? (7 May 2012)

Russia's Syrian blinkers (27 March 2012)

Syria: a bulwark against imperialism? (23 March 2012)

Assad and the email sceptics (20 March 2012)

Syria and the art of revolution (18 March 2012)

Solidarity with Syrians ... but which Syrians? (13 March 2012)

Syria defiant at Human Rights Council (10 March 2012)

Lizzie Phelan blames west for Aleppo bombings (11 February 2012)

'Spontaneous demonstrations' are expensive (11 February 2012)

Busy Lizzie (9 February 2012)

Syria and the 'Assad poll' (18 January 2012)

Syria and the 'Zio-American plot' (8 January 2012)

Syria: the money question (2 January 2012)

2011 (July-December)

Muddying the waters in Syria (22 December 2011)

Syria: the clock is ticking (21 December 2011)

Assad buys more time (20 December 2011)

Syrian blogger arrested (5 December 2011)

Has the Arab League woken up? (15 November 2011)

Syria: the burning of the boats (13 November 2011)

Syria's 'progress' on human rights (5 November 2011)

Has the Arab League woken up? (15 November 2011)

Syria: the burning of the boats (13 November 2011)

Syria's 'progress' on human rights (5 November 2011)

Assad 'reforms' the Syrian media (29 August 2011)

Assad, the party pooper (26 July 2011)

2011 (January-June)

Syria: from corruption to charity (17 June 2011)

'Gay Girl' unmasked as a hoax (13 June 2011)

Syria and the Gay Girl mystery (11 June 2011)

Hassan Nasrallah on Syria (29 May 2011)

Syria: a defining moment (21 May 2011)

Gaddafi, Assad or Salih: who will go first? (13 May 2011)

Restoring tranquillity, the Syrian way (26 April 2011)

Syria: Tanks enter Deraa (25 April 2011)

Syria: Assad has sealed his fate (23 April 2011)

New law to restrict protests in Syria (22 April 2011)

Syria: survival of the police state (21 April 2011)

Regulating freedom in Syria (20 April 2011)

Syria: the battle of Homs (19 April 2011)

Syria: all the president's promises (17 April 2011)

Syria: the rewards of loyalty (15 April 2011)

Syrian protests spread (14 April 2011)

Syria's slow-motion revolution (12 April 2011)

Syria's emergency law (11 April 2011)

Syria: the bloody road ahead (9 April 2011)

Reform, of sorts, in Syria (7 April 2011)

Syria: the neglected rebellion (2 April 2011)

Assad's moment of truth (29 March 2011)

Revolutionary updates, 27 March  (27 March 2011)

Assad: waving goodbye?  (26 March 2011)

Revolutionary updates: 24 March (24 March 2011)

Revolutionary updates: 21 March (21 March 2011)

Stirrings in Syria (18 March 2011)

2010

Syrian nuclear impasse (26 November 2010)

Free speech for some? (6 October 2010)

The media in Syria (30 August 2010)

Syria bans niqab in schools (16 July 2010)

Syria: the technology factor (4 July 2010)

Seventeen face jail over gay parties in Syria (30 June 2010)

Thousands at risk in Syrian drought (28 June 2010)

Gay life in Syria (24 June 2010)

Rewarding Syria? (26 April, 2010)

Brighter times for Syria (19 February 2010)

Serious about civil society? (27 January 2010)

2009

New paper in Syria (9 December 2009)

Burst tyre in Damascus? (4 December 2009)

EU-Syria agreement finalised (12 October 2009)

Running dry (22 September 2009)

Syria and the C-word (22 August 2009)

Back-slapping in Damascus (24 July 2009)

Road to Damascus (17 July 2009)

Google in Aleppo (10 July 2009)