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People inspect the damage at a site hit by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

Nusra Front Challenges Idlib Truce from Northern Hama

by Caroline Akoum and Taha Abdulwahid | Sep 20, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Moscow- Russian and Syrian regime warplanes launched on Tuesday a number of airstrikes on several areas in the provinces of Idlib and Hama, as a response to a previous attack waged by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham that includes Fatah al-Sham faction. Last week,...

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City of Idlib. Mohamed al-Bakour/AFP

Astana 6: Truce in Idlib Under Tripartite Observation… Opposition Against Iranian Participation

by Caroline Akoum and Taha Abdulwahid | Sep 16, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow, Beirut- Russian, Iran and Turkey, known as the guarantors of the peace talks in Astana have agreed Friday to establish a de-escalation zone in Idlib, northwest of Syria and to deploy 1500 monitors along the border of the area to prevent any clashes between...

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Participants of Syria peace talks attend a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov

Idlib Truce Dominates Astana Talks

by Caroline Akoum and Taha Abdulwahid | Sep 15, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow, Beirut- The Syrian regime and opposition delegations held on Thursday bilateral meetings in Astana with representatives of the de-escalation zones sponsors and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. The sixth round of talks is expected to...

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Head of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) opposition group Nasr al-Hariri addresses the media aside of the Intra-Syria peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 25, 2017. (Reuters, Pierre Albouy)

Efforts to Form Joint Military Council between Syrian Regime, Opposition

by Caroline Akoum and Taha Abdulwahid | Jul 13, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow, Beirut – US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that his country and Russia could work together on Syria and several other issues, as sources in Moscow revealed that US-Russian efforts were underway to form a military council that would gather...

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Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters ride on vehicles in the north of Raqqa city, Syria February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said

SDF Controls 3 Dams as Syria Regime Nears Raqqa

by Caroline Akoum and Taha Abdulwahid | Jun 5, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Moscow- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have captured Al-Baath Dam on the Euphrates River from ISIS, in their advance towards Raqqa city. The SDF’s latest move raised to three the number of major dams that the alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters controls....