“Michel Samaha, a Lebanese politician with strong public links to the government in Damascus, calls the revolution against President Bashar al-Assad “a Salafist awakening.” — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“The population of Syria is so inharmonious a gathering of widely different races in blood, in creed, and in custom, that government is both difficult and dangerous.”— Sir Mark Sykes, Dar Ul-Islam: A Record of a Journey through Ten of the… — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“The outsiders, with their own objectives, provided rifles, ammunition, communications equipment, military vehicles and combat advice to young men who lacked the discipline and… — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“Agriculture is twenty percent of GDP. The most important crop is wheat. We are almost self-sufficient, overall almost eighty percent self-sufficient, in food.” In… — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“She assured me that the regime had killed him. When I told her that a childhood friend of his had told me Sariya supported… — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“Meleager of Gadara called, in the first century BC, “one country which is the whole world.” — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“When he did not answer, his enemies took their revenge. On October 2, 2011, his twenty-two-year-old son Sariya and one of his professors were… — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“The contrast with many other Sunni Muslim clergymen is stark. Another Syrian mullah, Sheikh Adnan al-Arour, broadcasts regularly from Saudi Arabia with a different… — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“Michel Samaha, a Lebanese politician with strong public links to the government in Damascus, calls the revolution against President Bashar al-Assad “a Salafist awakening.” — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
“The population of Syria is so inharmonious a gathering of widely different races in blood, in creed, and in custom, that government is both… — Charles Glass Copy Share Image
