Authors

Kheder Khaddour

 

Kheder Khaddour is a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. His research focuses on issues of identity and society in Syria.

ARTICLES BY Kheder Khaddour

  • Eastern Approaches

    Eastern Approaches

    Why local tribal calculations will determine what happens outside Syria’s heartland.

    With much of the world’s attention on western Syria, especially the fighting in Aleppo, there has been less interest in eastern Syria, much of whose..

  • Asad’s Officer Ghetto: Why the Syrian Army Remains Loyal

    Asad’s Officer Ghetto: Why the Syrian Army Remains Loyal

    The Syrian army’s officer corps has remained intact despite the immense pressure of nearly four years of civil and military conflict, a fact that has prevented the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad’s regime. The military housing system is a crucial aspect of this cohesion: it reveals the w..

  • Tartus in the Present Crisis: A Mirror of the Syrian Regime

    Tartus in the Present Crisis: A Mirror of the Syrian Regime

    Whether in the Syrian or international media, Tartus is often presented as an island of calm in the ongoing Syrian crisis. The typical response of a Tartus resident to a non-resident interlocutor inquiring about the local situation is “Hon ma fi shi,” which translates from the Arabic as “..