Mohamad Bazzi is a journalism professor at New York University and former Middle East bureau chief at Newsday. He is writing a book on the proxy wars between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Find him on Twitter at @BazziNYU. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/mohamad-bazzi/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs ISIS Tue, 08 Nov 2016 07:19:55 +0000 Mohamad Bazzi https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/11/08/analysis-how-civilians-will-lose-in-the-battle-against-isis-in-raqqa https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/11/08/analysis-how-civilians-will-lose-in-the-battle-against-isis-in-raqqa As the U.S.-led offensive against ISIS pushes fighters out of Mosul into Syria, a similar offensive has begun against militants in Raqqa, but that’s not likely to stop them from mounting attacks, writes journalist Mohamad Bazzi. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs ISIS Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:47:35 +0000 Mohamad Bazzi https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/07/13/analysis-isiss-ramadan-campaign-of-terror https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/07/13/analysis-isiss-ramadan-campaign-of-terror Middle East expert Mohamad Bazzi explains how the so-called Islamic State’s territorial losses in Syria and Iraq pushed it to focus on large-scale attacks around the world during the holy month of Ramadan.