By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer Things are looking up in Syria for the first time in a long while. The new transitional regime is cooperating and communicating with diverse local communities days after taking the capital. The new leaders appear to be respecting the freedoms of faith and conscience. They are also … Continued
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons By: Rania Basria / Arab America Contributing Writer In the Arab world, a diverse tapestry of cultures, languages, and faiths coexist with the dominant Arab identity. Religious and ethnic minorities, including Christians, Druze, Kurds, and Berbers, have made major political, social, and economic contributions, influencing the region’s past and future. Arab … Continued
By: Lindsey Penn/Arab America Contributing Writer The Middle Eastern countries are very well-known for their oil deposits. In particular, the Gulf is known around the world for its oil production, which the countries built their wealth upon. However, Kirkuk, Iraq has a different experience with oil production. Kirkuk is unique, as its history has led … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: DAVID GRAEBER Turkey is seen as the Kurds’ mortal enemy but it uses German tanks and British helicopters: this is an international outrage Kobane, Syria, March 2015. A member of the Women’s Protection Unit defends the city. Photograph: Maryam Ashrafi/The Guardian Foundation Remember those plucky Kurdish forces who so heroically defended … Continued
US-backed SDF controls about a quarter of the country, including oilfields SOURCE: FINANCIAL TIMES Weeks after capturing his Arab city from Isis, the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces abducted Abdelfattah Mohammed, interrogated him and locked him in solitary confinement for 34 days. The memory makes the tribal leader tremble with rage. And yet, given the choice, … Continued
SOURCE: LOCK PORT JOURNAL BY: NICHOLAS L. WADDY On Oct. 17, U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab forces in Syria completed their conquest of Raqqa, the erstwhile capital city of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. As a state, ISIS is more or less finished. This represents a spectacular reversal from as recently as 2014, … Continued
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