Basma Akbik

A man inspects a damaged site in what activists say was a US strike in Kfredrian, Idlib province, Syria, on September 23, 2014.

Airstrikes in Syria may help — but their impact will be limited

September 23, 2014Conflict

After resisting involvement for months — and even years — the US and five other countries finally launched airstrikes in Syria against ISIS, the Khorasan Group and other Islamist militants. But will the US be able to keep its long-standing vow not to send ground troops to defeat ISIS?

A Syrian-American’s Case for Intervention

September 21, 2013