Armed tribal groups are active participants in Syria’s civil war. [Note: This article was originally published by The Jamestown Foundation.]

The trauma suffered by Nubul and al-Zahraa residents is becoming a rallying cry for pro-Hezbollah Lebanese. [Note: This article was originally published by The Jamestown Foundation.]

As the Syrian refugee crisis deepens, charitable trips have turned into publicity stunts.

In order to fully understand the armed conflict in Syria, one has to grasp the country’s agro-city regional organization.

Alwiya Ahfaad ar-Rasool is a growing force against the al-Assad government in Syria. It is poised to become one of the most heavily observed and commonly cited fighting forces of the Syrian Civil War.

The ongoing fighting between the Syrian military and armed opposition groups inside Syria's largest city of Aleppo threatens to irrevocably tear this ancient and important city apart. This article, an analysis of Aleppo’s significance to the Syrian Civil War, is the first of two parts.