special wisdom from the Ruler of the world". A German Foreword (i-xii) is followed by an Introduction (pp. 1-56, numerals in English). Weisser discusses briefly problems related to Sirr al-khalTqa, and gives a detailed description and an appraisal of sixteen Arabic manuscripts, from which she selected four in order to establish the Arabic text. This Introduction also provides footnotes and an e...

Three years have passed since the massive military operation of Syrian Army. Nowadays territories provinces Idlib and Aleppo which are partly under control Army, groups islamists, with a little presence Kurdish forces, still most problematic point on map, where interests all main actors conflict crossed, that has become multi-layered, contradictions manifest themselves in artillery strikes fire...

The conflict in Syria is an escalating humanitarian and public health catastrophe. Civilians are currently caught between two armed factions: the Syrian military loyal to the government of President Bashar al-Assad and the Free Syrian Army opposition. According to the UN, the 2-year long conflict has already resulted in an estimated 60 000 civilian casualties and tens of thousands injured. As i...

This article explores the coverage by The Independent and New York Times of 2016 2017 military operations in Aleppo Al-Raqqa. It highlights uneven reporting on humanitarian crisis two cities. analysis shows that similarities newspapers were greater than differences. (to a lesser extent) espoused pro-US narrative Syrian conflict framing as ‘catastrophe’ Al-Raqqa ‘liberation’ struggle. Biases con...