Syrian Uprising

Why violence is escalating in Syria

Despite the Syrian regime escalating tensions across Idlib and Daraa, experts do not expect a large-scale operation against opposition forces.

Bashar al Assad’s social media complex

How a Syrian-Canadian professor of international relations and Mid East politics navigated the Assad regime's schizophrenic attitude toward social media.

The Syrian uprising and the birth of an idea

Supporters of the revolution against the Assad regime take stock of the toll the war has taken nine years after it started.