[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week`s roundup to syria@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.]
Regional and International Perspectives
The Death of Arab Secularism by Faisal al Yafai
Reactions to the Syrian National Initiative Marina Ottaway on the positions of the opposition with regards to the plan to supplant the SNC for a more inclusive group
Election won’t Alter US Course in Syria Sami Moubayed says “Syrians want to believe that the crisis in their country is a high priority for the White House. It is important, no doubt, but by no means is it urgent for the United States.”
Hezbollah`s role in Syria grows murky says Nicholas A Heras
The Changing Face of Syria’s Opposition Al Jazeera’s Inside Syria program with Rim Turkmani, Flynt Leverett and Osama Kadi
Syrians Forced to Teach Themselves in Exile Matthew Cassel visits al-Bushayer school in Turkey.
Syrian Narratives
A Decline into Uprising Jihad Yazigi says the economic and social conditions Syrians lived in contributed to the uprising, an idea that is crucial to understand to come up with an effective economic reconstruction plans.
Syria’s Kurds: Civil Wars with a Civil War Piort Zalewski on the fighting between Kurdish armed groups and the FSA last week in Aleppo.
American Amateurism on Display in Syria Rami Khouri outlines three problems that the United States creates by dealing with the opposition in an indecisive way.
From a distance, Syria `feels` like Iraq in 2004 Dan Murphy compares and contrasts the two situations.
Women in Revolutionary Syria: Fighting for the Right to have Rights Sara writes that “it is entirely unrealistic to deny the gendered nature of space, but accounting for the complexity beyond the public/private binary is absolutely necessary to give justice to revolutionary women in Syria.”
Qui rendra justice à Adnan Qassar, victime de la jalousie de Basel Al Assad ? On Adnan Qassar, in jail since 1993 for winning an equestrian race against Basel al Assad
Lulu Razan Ghazzawi’s blogpost on her inspiring revolutionary friend who remains in Syria
Alawite FSA supporter whose father backs Assad tells of a Syrian family ripped apart
Inside Syria
Putting humpty together again: can the FSA ever be unified? Rita from Syria on the potential and challenges of creating a unified armed opposition
In Syria, small-town rebels are stuck in big-city Aleppo Reporter says “the widely divergent backgrounds of fighters and Aleppo residents underscore a continuing tension that probably contributed to the stalling of the rebel advance.”
Execution of Assad troops widens split among rebel fighter factions in Syria Martin Chulov says armed units from Aleppo are angry at the Syrian military council’s inability to unite the armed opposition.
Syria’s Kurds Dare to Dream of Freedom Loveday Morris attends a class taught in Kurdish.
Art and Social Media
11 Leaders of Syria’s Creative Blogosphere
Making Art Around Syria’s Revolution India Stoughton interviews Anas Homsi, Rania Moudaress Silva and Abdalla Omari.
Fisks’ Credibility up in Flares Rapahel Telen on a few reactions to the latest Robert Fisk article in which he “discovers” that weapons used in Syria originated from Europe
The Case of the Swedish Weapons in Syria Robert Fisk’s article that has now earned him the hashtag of #InspectorFisk on Twitter
Jihadists in Syria can be Found on the Internet Aaron Y. Zellin assesses the evolution of the extremist operations and presence over the last 19 months.
Policy and Reports
Month-by-Month Summary of Developments in Syria (Updated) International Crisis Group’s October Update
Arabic
يوم في اللاذقية... هل أصبنا بمرض شراهة الحزن؟!
Haifa Bitar writes about her experience while working at a hospital in Latakia.
Abdel Bari Atwan writes about U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton`s statement about the Syrian National Council.
The National Coordination Council for the Forces of Democratic Change in Syria on the implications of the militarization of the revolution.
Salama Kayla questions whether there could be a solution in Syria with the current regime staying in power.
Erfan Netham Addine writes about the need for a new approach to save Syria.
Fayez Sarrah presents three reasons for the current Syrian impasse.
Anwar Al-Bunni calls for the establishment of a free and fair judicial system.
حبل السرّ بين السياسي والإنساني!
Ammar Dyoub writes about the line between political and humanitarian in light of the Syrian struggle.
قراءة مغايرة في قضية اغتيال وسام الحسن
Bashir Eissa presents a different analysis of the assassination of Wisam Al-Hasan.
اقتصاد الحرب الأهلية: سوريا ولبنان نموذجاً
Ward Kasouha writes about the political economy of the civil war.
الأغلبية الصامتة والناطقون باسمها
Ghassan Eid writes about the neutral silent majority in Syria.
تحليل أنماط التفكير في الانتفاضة السورية
Mohammad Dibo analyses the two types of thought in the context of the Syrian uprising.
Raafat Al-Ghanem tells the story of a fleeing soldier who was brutalized by the Syrian National Army.
The Damascus Bureau on the atrocities that people face in the Syrian town of Qudsaya.