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A man at a site recently hit by what activists said was a Scud missile in Aleppo’s Ard al-Hamra neighborhood, February 23, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman

Syrian Regime Forces Defeated in Handarat Camp

by Youssef Diab | Sep 25, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- The Russian military campaign on Aleppo, the capital of Northern Syria, continued for the fifth day in a row. The regime forces alongside supporting groups succeeded in taking control over Handarat Camp, tightening the siege on Aleppo western neighborhoods....

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People walk on the rubble of damaged buildings after an airstrike in Aleppo’s Baedeen district, Syria, May 3, 2016.REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Appalment and Brutality in Syria

by Tariq Alhomayed | Sep 25, 2016 | Opinion

The spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary General has said that Ban Ki-moon was “appalled by chilling military escalation in Aleppo.” While U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power accused Moscow of engaging in barbarism in Syria, saying: “What Russia...

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Opinion: Syria and the US Elections

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 25, 2016 | Opinion

Despite the US elections beginning on the eighth of November, i.e. just six weeks from now, the president-elect will not set foot in the White House until January 20 next year when he will be sworn in. During this relatively long period, the US administration will not...