The complex politics of the battle for Syria's al-Bab
Monday, February 20, 2017 - 12:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Sami Moubayed, The Arab WeeklyBEIRUT, Lebanon -- For decades, most Syrians had heard little to nothing about al-Bab, a largely Sunni Arab town 25 miles northeast of Aleppo. Not a single Syrian head of state has visited the city since the fall of the Ottoman empire after the first world war.