Hassan Hassan is deputy opinion editor at The National, an English daily based in the United Arab Emirates. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/hassan-hassan-2/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/07/31/foreign-policy-too-big-to-fall https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/07/31/foreign-policy-too-big-to-fall Aleppo was the Syrian rebels’ first big prize. If Assad retakes it, is the war as good as over? Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Wed, 07 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/05/07/despite-the-narrative-syrias-rebels-may-be-gaining-ground https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/05/07/despite-the-narrative-syrias-rebels-may-be-gaining-ground In The National, Hassan Hassan says that Syria’s rebel fighters, despite rumors to the contrary, are gaining steady ground. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/02/in-syria-the-brotherhoods-influence-is-on-the-decline https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/02/in-syria-the-brotherhoods-influence-is-on-the-decline The National’s Hassan Hassan on what he perceives as the group’s decline going into the this year of conflict. ISIS Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/10/breaking-syrias-reign-of-terror https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/10/breaking-syrias-reign-of-terror ISIS Wed, 04 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/12/04/why-syrias-islamic-front-is-bad-news-for-radical-groups https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/12/04/why-syrias-islamic-front-is-bad-news-for-radical-groups One of the mistakes analysts of the Syrian conflict often make is to assess rebel groups exclusively based on the slogans these organisations use. Many observers already recognise that hard-line Islamist rhetoric is more often than not used to attract funding. ISIS Wed, 02 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/02/the-army-of-islam-is-winning-in-syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/02/the-army-of-islam-is-winning-in-syria The situation inside Syria has just gotten a lot more complex. ISIS Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/20/rebel-vs-rebel https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/09/20/rebel-vs-rebel If the United States wants to move against jihadists in Syria, there has never been a better time. Tensions between moderate rebel groups and extremist forces are coming to a head across the country. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs ISIS Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/06/29/syria-the-view-from-the-gulf-states https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/06/29/syria-the-view-from-the-gulf-states This post originally appeared at the European Council on Foreign Relations. ISIS Religious & Ethnic Groups Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/06/13/rebels-carry-out-sectarian-cleansing-in-eastern-syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/06/13/rebels-carry-out-sectarian-cleansing-in-eastern-syria The following post first appeared on Hassan Hassan’s site. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Hassan Hassan https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/05/26/inside-the-syrian-oppositions-talks-in-turkey https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/05/26/inside-the-syrian-oppositions-talks-in-turkey This post first appeared at hhassan.com.