by Paula Astih, Saeed Abdelrazek, Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 22, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, Ankara- In the past few hours, the option of a military solution advanced on the talks sponsored by Washington between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Ankara-backed opposition factions in the countryside of northern Aleppo. While all efforts failed to...
by Paula Astih, Saeed Abdelrazek, Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 11, 2016 | Middle East
Ankara, Beirut – Days after the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces launched an offensive to free the ISIS stronghold in Syria’s north, Raqqa, many Kurdish senior officials expected that the area would be annexed to Kurdish territory post liberation. The statements...
by Paula Astih, Saeed Abdelrazek, Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 4, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut, Ankara- Syrian opposition forces launched Thursday the second phase of the battle to lift the siege of the eastern parts of Aleppo’s city, as a response to the one-side military truce that the Russian Army had announced in Aleppo for 10 hours starting Friday...
by Paula Astih, Saeed Abdelrazek, Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2016 | World
Beirut, Ankara, London- In a flashy uncertainty, Iran announced on Monday that it withdraws promises to offer Russia more facilities after it had allowed Moscow to launch rockets from its Hamadan base to raid Syrian targets. The announcement came a week following...
