
Salafism and Salafis in Syria: From reform to jihad
By Abdul Rahman Al-Haj Two key features characterise the Syrian Salafis. Initially, the Salafis called for non-violence, as a result of the repression that the
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By Abdul Rahman Al-Haj Two key features characterise the Syrian Salafis. Initially, the Salafis called for non-violence, as a result of the repression that the

By Afro-Middle East Centre After numerous predictions over the past two years about the imminent fall of the Bashar al-Asad regime in Syria, developments are

By Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies The civil war in Syria seems dramatically to have passed the

By Afro-Middle East Centre As Turkish troops amass on the Turkey-Syria border, and artillery exchange between the two countries threatens to enter its second week,

By Ghassan Izzi The Syrian uprising has placed Hizbullah in a predicament in terms of its ability to maintain its alliance with the Syrian regime

By Afro-Middle East Centre The audacious bombing of the high-level crisis cell meeting of Syrian President Bashar al Asad’s inner-circle last week that left four

By the Afro-Middle East Centre The sixteen month long Syrian uprising hit a critical juncture last Friday, 22 June, when Syria downed an unarmed Turkish

By Afro-Middle East Centre Introduction: Background to the uprising Nearly nine months into the Syrian uprising, the death toll, according to the United Nations Human

By AlJazeera Centre for Studies The Syrian uprising against the Baath Party regime started with a small demonstration in the Al-Hariqa quarter of Damascus. The
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