All Policy Analysis by Andrew J. Tabler

By targeting Syria's energy sector, the United States can hit President Bashar al-Assad where it really hurts -- his pocketbook.

The United States should work with Turkey and other allies to halt the Asad regime's violence, avoid anarchy in the event of regime collapse, and prepare for a post-Asad era.

Testimony before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. House of Representatives. "Recently, I journeyed to Lebanon's Wadi Khaled to visit with Syrian refugees who fled from the Sunni Muslim village of Tal Kalakh, which is surrounded by a constellation of villages dominated by Alawites -- the heterodox offshoot of

Hillary Clinton's recent characterization of Syrian president Bashar al-Asad as "not indispensable" is the latest public signal of a quiet sea change in U.S. policy toward the regime.

The attacks on the U.S. and French embassies in Damascus are a direct challenge to the international community and demand a prompt response.

An Interview by Lara Setrakian, ABC News As the Syrian government's brutal crackdown on protesters continues, so do calls for the international community, and the United States, to do more to end the bloodshed. But what can the U.S. realistically do to convince President Bashar al-Assad, once considered a reformer