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In an interview with AFP last week, Syrian regime head Bashar al-Assad defiantly pledged to retake the whole of the country (AFP Photo/Joseph Eid)

US Accuses Assad Regime of Executing Political Prisoners, Burning The Bodies

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 16, 2017 | Middle East

The United States accused Syria on Monday of executing thousands of imprisoned political opponents and burning their bodies in a crematorium to hide the evidence, testing the US administration’s willingness to respond to atrocities, other than chemical weapons...

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FILE PHOTO: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo

Iran, Change of Attitude

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 12, 2017 | Opinion

As the US President complained to Russian Foreign minister over Iran’s attitude and the importance of suppressing it, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was publicly warning citizens that “they want to change Iran’s attitude and this means changing our...

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Syrian dissident Riad Seif attends a meeting of the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, formed after the Syrian National Council (SNC) agreed to the new group, in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Seif and Suheir Atassi were elected vice presidents of the coalition. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

Riad Seif: Reforming National Coalition Is Priority

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 9, 2017 | Middle East

Istanbul- Head of Syrian National Coalition Riad Seif said that reforming the coalition is a priority to him as a newly-elected president, noting that the Syrian National Coalition represents the Syrian opposition. “My next plan is to direct the coalition back to its...

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A Syrian refugee plays with her child in front of her family’s tent in the Zaatari Syrian Refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan. (photo credit: Mohammad Hannon/AP)

Safe Zones and the Russian Hunter

by Ghassan Charbel | May 8, 2017 | Opinion

Vladimir Putin was outstandingly smart when he managed to turn the Syrian crisis into a Russian opportunity by acting like a skilled hunter. You might miss if you try to aim too soon or too late. One must aim at the right moment. We can also say that FM Sergei Lavrov...

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Syrian refugees walk at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed

Safe Zones or Detention Camps?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 7, 2017 | Opinion

Do not rush into judging the safe zones plan in Syria. It is not a totally bad idea, but, as one commentator said, the devil is in the details. When the idea of assigning areas for civilians escaping the war was suggested few years ago, it was rapidly rejected by the...