David Kenner is Middle East editor at Foreign Policy. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/david-kenner-3/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 David Kenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/06/03/the-biggest-losers https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/06/03/the-biggest-losers Meet the two (other) candidates running in the presidential election set to keep Bashar al-Assad in power. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Government & Pro-Government Forces Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 David Kenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/14/while-the-world-is-watching-eastern-ukraine-is-anyone-watching-assad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/14/while-the-world-is-watching-eastern-ukraine-is-anyone-watching-assad BEIRUT – Amid opposition claims of new Syrian chemical weapons attacks, President Bashar al-Assad is fast approaching an important deadline for removing his stockpiles of the deadly armaments from from the country. It doesn’t appear that he’s going to meet it. Government & Pro-Government Forces Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 David Kenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/03/the-audacity-of-hopelessness-why-bashar-al-assad-will-cruise-to-victory https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/03/the-audacity-of-hopelessness-why-bashar-al-assad-will-cruise-to-victory Foreign Policy’s David Kenner on why the Syrian leader will win this year’s presidential elections, even after three years of conflict. Human Rights War Economy Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 David Kenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/02/27/how-food-became-syrias-next-battlefield https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/02/27/how-food-became-syrias-next-battlefield BEIRUT — They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The one below – showing residents of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, located outside Damascus – may be worth even more than that. Government & Pro-Government Forces Human Rights Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 David Kenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/29/syrians-are-now-eating-everything-from-cats-to-leaves-to-survive https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/29/syrians-are-now-eating-everything-from-cats-to-leaves-to-survive CAIRO - In a town that lies less than eight miles from the center of Damascus, Syrians are starving to death. Some children in Muadamiyah have resorted to eating leaves to survive, while a group of Muslim clerics also issued a fatwa that the consumption of dogs and cats was permissible for the area’s residents. ISIS Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 David Kenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/30/are-young-women-really-racing-to-syrias-front-lines-to-wage-sex-jihad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/30/are-young-women-really-racing-to-syrias-front-lines-to-wage-sex-jihad Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 David Kenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/26/syrias-good-soldier https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/26/syrias-good-soldier BEIRUT - It was Sept. 4, and the war drums were sounding in Syria. The United States appeared to be on the verge of launching strikes against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Civil Society Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 David Kenner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/04/19/foreign-policy-town-of-kafr-anbel-offers-boston-its-sympathy https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/04/19/foreign-policy-town-of-kafr-anbel-offers-boston-its-sympathy The following is a cross-post of an item by David Kenner on Foreign Policy’s Passport blog.