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Syrian refugees cross the border into the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, August 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)

The Sectarian Map of Syria

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 1, 2013 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since the dawn of history, Syria has lain at the crossroads of mankind’s greatest commercial religious and political powers. However, the land known as the Fertile Crescent has seen more than just the rise and fall of great ancient...

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Pro-Islamic Turks take part in a demonstration supporting deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in Istanbul July 14, 2013. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)

Opinion: The Turkish Republic or the Ottoman Empire?

by Abdullah Al-Otaibi | Jul 24, 2013 | Opinion

The statements coming from Turkey about the state of affairs in Egypt after June 30 seem shocking, especially those issued by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu. The statements seem hostile and provocative to the new...

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A Turkish Alawite woman prays as she visits a tomb, a holy site for the Alawite community, with her child in the Samandag district of Hatay province, close to the border with Syria, July 27, 2012. (Reuters)

Opinion: Turkey’s Alawite Opening

by Soner Cagaptay | Jul 13, 2013 | Opinion

In recent months, Turkey has done the unthinkable, launching peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an organization Ankara designates as a terrorist group. An important motivation for this breakthrough has been Turkey’s Syria policy. Turkey is pursuing...

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Syrian government soldiers stand in front of the clock tower flying the national flag in the main square of the city of Qusayr, in Syria’s central Homs province, on June 5, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Assad claims victory in Qusayr

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 5, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian government announced on Wednesday that it has recaptured the town of Qusayr on the Syrian–Lebanese border after three weeks of fighting. The Syrian army, with the assistance of Lebanese fighters from Hezbollah, launched an offensive...

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Saleh Khaliم and his family, the last Alawites in Darkush (AAA)

Syria’s peaceful pockets

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | May 29, 2013 | Features

Latakia, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tucked between the bucolic green hills of Latakia province, the neat rows of white tents are almost invisible from the single-track, tree-lined road. This settlement looks and feels so different to the messy sprawls of Atmeh and Zaatari, the...