The Free Syrian Army vowed on Wednesday to punish those committing atrocities, as anger mounted at a video showing a rebel filmed apparently cutting out and eating the organs of a soldier. "Any act contrary to the values that the Syrian people have paid their blood and lost...

President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister  Tayyip Erdogan held a joint press conference on May 16, 2013. They discussed trade, security commitments in NATO, and the situation in Syria. Excerpt from the press conference: "Q My first question to you, Prime Minister. You...

  The American Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) published an Interview with Frederic Hof, former special adviser for transition in Syria at the U.S. Department of State. Titled '' The Hard Road to Syrian Peace". During the interview how dissolved an important American...

  Assad is clearly looking to exploit sectarian fault lines in his favor. Months of bloodshed have heightened sectarian tensions and ripped apart communities in ways that are reminiscent of Iraq, where violence in 2006-2007 effectively turned into real attempts at sectarian...