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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/Pool

Russians to Israel on Syria: We are Obligated

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 17, 2017 | Opinion

The parties in the region are endeavoring to reposition as a preliminary step in case an agreement to put an end to the war in Syria was reached according to the Russian plan. This is a significant phase that rearranges the region’s conditions to the worse or better,...

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Residents inspect damage from what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad in Tafas town in Daraa, Syria, July 2, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir

Syria Revolution: A Six-Year Flame Fighting Demographic Change

by Youssef Diab | Mar 15, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Not so long ago, Syrian children in Daraa scribbled “Freedom for Syria” across their hometown’s walls, knowing so little that a humble call for freedom will soon snowball into a full-fledged civil war that has stretched on for over six years. Although...

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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura delivers his speech during the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 19, 2017. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Chief Negotiator in Geneva 4: Regime Rejects Political Transformation

by Ghalia Kabbani | Mar 13, 2017 | Business

London- High Negotiations Committee (HNC) chief negotiator to Geneva Mohamed Sabra, commenting on the first day of Geneva 4, said that there was an attempt to shift the political process in Syria from a negotiation between two parties to a multi-parties process. This...

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A woman reacts as she looks at a gruesome collection of images of dead bodies taken by a photographer at the UN Headquarters in New York, March 10, 2015. The pictures were smuggled out of Syria between 2011 and mid-2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

7 Syria Torture Victims File Criminal Case in Germany

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 3, 2017 | Middle East

Berlin- Seven Syrian torture survivors, two lawyers and a human rights group have filed a criminal complaint in Germany against secret service officials of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the initiative said Thursday. The complaint names and seeks international arrest...

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Syrian refugees live in makeshift tent settlements in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. Credit Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times

For Syrian Refugees, There Is No Going Home

by Anne Barnard | Feb 25, 2017 | Features

SOUAIRI, Lebanon — In the makeshift tent settlements that dot fields and villages in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, Syrian refugees are digging in, pouring concrete floors, installing underground sewerage and electric wires, and starting businesses and families. What...