Nick Danforth is a doctoral candidate in Turkish history at Georgetown University. He writes about Middle Eastern history, politics, and maps at midafternoonmap.com. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/nick-danforth/rss en Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Nick Danforth https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/06/20/there-is-no-al-sham https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/06/20/there-is-no-al-sham Militants in Iraq and Syria are trying to re-create a nation that never existed.