Ashes of Hama

When the convulsions of the Arab Spring first became manifest in Syria in March 2011, the Ba''athist regime was quick to blame the protests on the "Syrian Muslim Brotherhood" and its "al-Qaeda affiliates." But who are these Islamists so determined to rule a post-Assad Syria?Little has been published on militant Islam in Syria since Hafez Assad''s regime destroyed the Islamist movement in its stron...