Syria contributor: Lara Setrakian and Katarina Montgomery Lara Setrakian is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Syria Deeply. Katarina Montgomery is the Digital Producer of Syria Deeply. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/lara-setrakian-and-katarina-montgomery/rss en With Global Attention on ISIS, Regime Barrel Bombs Pound Syrian Civilians ISIS Mon, 02 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Lara Setrakian and Katarina Montgomery https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/02/02/with-global-attention-on-isis-regime-barrel-bombs-pound-syrian-civilians https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/02/02/with-global-attention-on-isis-regime-barrel-bombs-pound-syrian-civilians “The barrel bombs are continuing and indeed they are the principal reason why civilians are dying in Syria today. ”. Understanding Iran’s Syria Policy, and How the ISIS Threat Spooks Tehran Civil Society Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Lara Setrakian and Katarina Montgomery https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/12/understanding-irans-syria-policy-and-how-the-isis-threat-spooks-tehran https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/12/understanding-irans-syria-policy-and-how-the-isis-threat-spooks-tehran ‘Iraq is home to some of the most holy sites in Shia Islam and if ISIS were to come close to them, Iran would be obligated to defend those sites’. Rebel Groups Face a Three-Front Fight Against Assad, ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra ISIS Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Lara Setrakian and Katarina Montgomery https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/10/rebel-groups-face-a-three-front-fight-against-assad-isis-and-jabhat-al-nusra https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/10/rebel-groups-face-a-three-front-fight-against-assad-isis-and-jabhat-al-nusra ‘The Assad regime will always have an authoritarian tendency and willingness to put it to force, and arrest any politicians that disagree with its point of view’. Ambassador Fred Hof on Buffer Zones, Rebel Groups, and U.S. ISIS Strategy Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Displacement Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Lara Setrakian and Katarina Montgomery https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/03/ambassador-fred-hof-on-buffer-zones-rebel-groups-and-u-s-isis-strategy https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/12/03/ambassador-fred-hof-on-buffer-zones-rebel-groups-and-u-s-isis-strategy ‘The avoidance of the scenario in Iraq, probably more than anything else, explains U.S. policy in the past three and half years’. Hassan Hassan on How to Uproot ISIS in Deir Ezzor ISIS Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Lara Setrakian and Katarina Montgomery https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/27/hassan-hassan-on-how-to-uproot-isis-in-deir-ezzor https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/27/hassan-hassan-on-how-to-uproot-isis-in-deir-ezzor Hassan Hassan gave us his take on what needs to be done to effectively root out ISIS in Syria. Arts & Culture: Women Who Sing and Paint Walls to Spread Peace in Syria Arts & Culture Civil Society Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Lara Setrakian and Katarina Montgomery https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/03/arts-culture-women-who-sing-and-paint-walls-to-spread-peace-in-syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/03/arts-culture-women-who-sing-and-paint-walls-to-spread-peace-in-syria A Syrian NGO helps women make Syria a colorful place to live, most recently with an initiative to paint the walls of a cemetery in the town of Nabek.