by Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 15, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, London- The US Army enhanced its presence in eastern Syria and deployed HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) missiles to protect its forces and allies in al-Tanf military camp from pro-regime forces attacks at the Syrian-Iraqi-Jordanian triangle...
by Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut – The Syrian regime has pushed military reinforcements to the southern front ahead of a strategic battle aimed at cementing its presence in the areas it controls in the city of Dara’a. Opposition sources in the south told Asharq Al-Awsat that its forces are...
by Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 27, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, London- As ISIS confused Raqqa residents on Sunday, warning them from the near collapse of the Tabqa Dam, a Kurdish official from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) asserted his forces have entered the Tabqa military airport, expecting to control it in the...
by Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 14, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, Cairo – Talks in Beirut about a coordination with Damascus brought back an old plan proposed in the term of former Prime Minister Najib Mikati and was postponed for creating divisions concerning its content. Those same disputes emerged between members of...
by Nazeer Rida and Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut, New York – Russia’s actions at the U.N. Security Council on Sunday – by not only vetoing a French draft resolution but also presenting its own rival plan – showed that Moscow seems determined to monopolize the fate of Aleppo. Russia’s...