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In this photo made from the footage taken from the Russian Defense Ministry official website on October 9, 2015, a bomb is released from a Russian Su-34 strike fighter in Syria. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Opinion: Syrian Quicksand

by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 11, 2015 | Opinion

Anyone observing current events in the Middle East must be wringing their hands in the face of such a perplexing and catastrophic situation. The gambles which some countries are making now risk inflaming the Syrian crisis into a third world war—or at the very least a...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, enters the Alexadrovsky Hall to head a meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, October. 1, 2015. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool photo via AP)

Opinion: Russia’s Role in Syria

by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 1, 2015 | Opinion

It must be admitted that Russian President Vladimir Putin has managed to put Moscow on the world’s political map once again after almost three decades of marginalization by the new world order established after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. It is natural...

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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 16: Gen. Lloyd Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command, prepares to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the ongoing U.S. military operations to counter the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. Austin said that slow progress was still being made against ISIL but there have been setbacks, including the ambush of U.S.-trained fighters in Syria and the buildup of Russian forces in the country. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
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Opinion: The Will to Fight ISIS

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 22, 2015 | Opinion

News about 75 US-trained rebels entering Syria from Turkey has attracted special attention because it marks a new development on the military arena there despite the fact that the number is not enough to shift the balance on the ground in Syria. The military map in...

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In this February 7, 2012 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (L) meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP Photo)

Opinion: Resolving the Syrian Dilemma

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 15, 2015 | Opinion

Few would have expected the Syrian crisis to continue into a fifth year, when it has now become an open arena for extremist organizations while at the same time becoming the scene of a proxy war between the United States and Russia. Both have been indirectly involved...

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Syrian refugees line-up as they are about to cross Greece’s border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 8, 2015. Greece asked the European Union for aid to prevent it being overwhelmed by refugees, as a minister said arrivals on Lesbos had swollen to three times as many as the island could handle. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Opinion: The international community should step up efforts to contain Syrian refugee crisis

by Ali Ibrahim | Sep 9, 2015 | Opinion

News of Syrian refugees struggling to enter Austria and Germany from Hungary has dominated headlines around the world for the past week. None of the refugees wants to stay in Hungary or Serbia, or any of the countries they pass through on the way to Germany, according...