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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
