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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, drive on the western front in Raqqa, Syria, during an offensive by the SDF to retake the city from ISIS militants. (Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images

CIA and the ‘Anti-Assad’ Program

by David Ignatius | Jul 27, 2017 | Opinion

What did the CIA’s covert assistance program for Syrian rebels accomplish? Bizarrely, the biggest consequence may be that it helped trigger the Russian military intervention in 2015 that rescued President Bashar al-Assad — achieving the opposite of what the program...

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Boys stand amid the damage in the government-held al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, during a media tour, Syria December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Heavy Shelling Continues over Aleppo as Evacuation Stalls

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 14, 2016 | Middle East

A deal to evacuate rebel districts of Aleppo stalled on Wednesday as fierce fighting rocked the city and insurgents appeared to have rejected new conditions imposed on the deal by Iran. A ceasefire agreed on Tuesday by Turkish intelligence and the Russian military was...

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Raids Carried Out by Russia and Assad’s Regime Target a Market in Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 13, 2016 | Middle East

Both the Syrian regime and Russia yesterday expanded their air campaign against areas controlled by the opposition, specifically in the city of Aleppo, the countrysides of Idlib and Homs and Ghouta, east of Damascus. Sources reported the death of dozens of people and...

ISIS Launches Counterattacks on U.S.-Backed, Assad Forces

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 20, 2016 | Middle East

ISIS launched a counter attack against fighters trying to capture the Syrian city of Manbij on Monday, inflicting heavy casualties on the U.S.-backed forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the militants said. The monitor said that extremist militants won...

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Idlib is a Disaster Stricken City

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 1, 2016 | Middle East

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and opposition websites, dozens of people were killed and wounded in the heaviest bombing on the city of Idlib since the beginning of the truce in Syria on the 27th of February. While the Russian Defence Ministry...