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Foreign Policy: Ali Habib, Syria's Good Soldier

   It was Sept. 4, and the war drums were sounding in Syria. The United States appeared to be on the verge of launching strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Family members of the country's economic and political elite fled to Beirut, looking to avoid the cruise missiles....

Syrians mock West's response to chemical weapons attack

Residents from a small rebel held town in Syria have enacted a satirical pantomime that mocks the West's response to last month's chemical weapons attack in Damascus. As  President Barack Obama  pursues a diplomatic track, demanding that the Syrian regime give up its chemical...

Syrian rebel groups slam western-backed opposition

More than a dozen key Syrian rebel groups said Wednesday that they reject the authority of the Western-backed opposition coalition, as U.N. inspectors returned to the country to continue their probe into chemical weapons attacks. In a joint statement, 13 rebel groups including a powerful...