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A man breathes through an oxygen mask after a gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia Warns of Continuation of Assad Regime’s Brutal Crimes

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 19, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva – Saudi Arabia stressed that the suffering of the Syrian people is continuing because of the Assad regime’s brutal crimes and violations of international human rights and humanitarian laws. The kingdom stressed that the “international community should...

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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool/European Pressphoto Agency)

Putin Depends on Analysis, Not Hope

by Robert Ford | Sep 5, 2017 | Uncategorized

The United States now aims to reduce Iranian influence in the Levant (Sham)- wrote former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford in an exclusive column to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat. American media reports still say that Washington hopes Russia will compel Iran to evacuate its...

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut’s suburbs November 14, 2013. REUTERS/Khalil Hassan

Nasrallah: I Met Assad over ISIS Evacuation to Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 1, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday he had traveled to Damascus to meet head of Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad to request the evacuation of ISIS militants from their enclave on the Syrian-Lebanese borders. “I personally met with...

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (C) receives a gift from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) in Tehran November 23, 2015. REUTERS/leader.ir/Handout via Reuters

Prospects and Challenges of Russian-Iranian Cooperation in Syria

by Nikolay Khozyainov | Aug 30, 2017 | Opinion

Associate at the Russia and Eurasia programme of Chatham House and senior lecturer at the European University at St.Petersburg Russian military engagement in the Syrian conflict had the direct impact on Moscow’s relations with the Middle Eastern countries. The main...