Using Women to Win in Syria - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adam Heffez

Adam Heffez

Sep 27, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry faces protesters against a military strike in Syria, as he arrives at a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 4, 2013. The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will likely vote later on Wednesday on a draft resolution authorizing the use of military force in Syria, several members of the panel said. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT) - RTX13780 — A female member of the Our Mother Aisha Brigade receives instruction as she holds a rifle during military training in Aleppo's Salaheddine district, Sept. 19, 2013. — REUTERS/Loubna Mrie

Rebel fighters carrying weapons move towards their positions on the Karm al-Tarab frontline in Aleppo October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Hosam Katan (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) - RTR4C6IU

Islamic Front control staves off opposition infighting in Aleppo

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

Syrian Army forces look on as buses leave district of Waer during a truce between the government and rebels, in Homs, Syria December 9, 2015. Scores of people left the last area held by insurgents in the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday under a local truce between the government and rebels, a monitoring group said, a rare agreement in Syria's nearly five-year conflict. Three buses carrying people had left the previously besieged district of Waer, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. About 750 peopl

Will current truce pave way for permanent cease-fire in Syria?

Mona Alami

A Free Syrian Army fighter sits at his checkpoint as civilians walk along a passageway separating Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr, which is under the rebels' control and Al-Masharqa neighborhood, an area controlled by the regime, June 5, 2013. Picture taken June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Aref Hretani (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) - RTX10DHX

Syrian Rebels Clash With Kurdish Militias

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Members of the Free Syrian Army are seen in the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain as they are pictured from the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province January 25, 2013. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTR3CXJT

Clashes Re-Erupt in Syria Between Al-Qaeda, Kurds

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)

Wladimir van Wilgenburg (Syria Pulse)