Syria Says No to Bombs

By Sami Moubayed

Far from achieving the intended blow against Al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgents in Iraq, the recent American incursion into Syrian territory on the border with Iraq undermines voices of moderation in Syria, and facilitates the recruitment efforts of extremist Islamist groups, in a country that has every reason to be wary of the terrorist threat, says Syrian analyst Sami Moubayed. Read...

Sami Moubayed teaches at the Faculty of International Relations at al-Kalamoun University and authored numerous books on Syria, including the latest “Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000” (Cune Press, 2005). He is also editor-in-chief of Forward, Syria’s leading English monthly and a biographer of former Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli.