Ammar Abdulhamid is a Syrian author and pro-democracy activist currently based in Silver Spring, Maryland where he arrived with his family as political refugees in September 2005. His recent book, "The Irreverent Activist," a series of brief reflections written over two decades, is now available through Amazon. He also blogs at www.thedailydigestofglobaldelirium.com and is a regular contributor to Lawfare.
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The lesser evil in Syria is not choosing this figure over that, but instead choosing a practical settlement that may not immediately deliver on the expectations of revolutionaries but can still work for all sides.
Some Syrian Alawites might be distancing themselves from Assad and his “political power,” but what does that mean for the years-long conflict?
The Kurdish Democratic Union Party has announced plans to establish federal control in northern Syria. The surprise move has significant implications for the United States, Russia, and the future of Syria.
While the timing of Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he was withdrawing Russian troops from Syria was surprising, the decision itself is not.
Is President Obama to blame for the current state of Syria? In a word: Yes.
Designating economic migrants as a lower class than refugees from conflict ignores realities crucial to managing integration and fails to account for some fundamentals of human nature. When has building a wall worked forever?
In his final address, Obama boasted that the world looks to the US to lead on “every important international issue." Indeed, for years, Syrians have called for US help. So why has the "most powerful nation on Earth" turned it's back?