Syrian voices on intervention

World leaders have been holding forth on their views on intervention against Islamic State and other groups in Syria at a UN conference in New York today.

However, the opinions of Syrians regarding the bombings have been less prominent. 

As the residents of Raqqa complain that their communications with the outside world were completely cut off by an airstrike targeting a communications tower, we link to a piece in Dissent Magazine that gives the views of Syrian intellectuals and activists.

In the piece, Iyas Kadouni, former director of the Centre for Civil Society and Democracy, expressed doubts as to whether the campaign could be successful "without adequate analysis of the reasons for the group's rise."