Lionel Beehner is a fellow at the Truman National Security Project, and former senior writer at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is currently a PhD student at Yale, where he focuses on civil wars and non-state actors in the Middle East. Lioneel has reported from Syria several times for the New York Times as well. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/lionel-beehner/rss en Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Religious & Ethnic Groups Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Lionel Beehner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/08/12/the-christian-science-monitor-australians-aghast-at-boys-grisly-photo-from-syria-are-jihadis-coming-home https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/08/12/the-christian-science-monitor-australians-aghast-at-boys-grisly-photo-from-syria-are-jihadis-coming-home The photograph shows a young boy holding a decapitated head and was published by Australian media. The incident has drawn attention to the ranks of Westerners joining jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq. Government & Pro-Government Forces Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Lionel Beehner https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/01/20/why-syrias-60000-deaths-should-not-shock-us https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/01/20/why-syrias-60000-deaths-should-not-shock-us Lionel Beehner is a  fellow at the Truman National Security Project, and former senior writer at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is currently a  PhD student at Yale, where he focuses on civil wars and non-state actors in the Middle East. Lioneel has reported from Syria several times for the New York Times as well.  .