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Syrian Opposition Refuses to Attend Negotiations as the Humanitarian Situation Worsens

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jul 28, 2016 | Middle East

The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) has announced its refusal to attend a new round of negotiations in Geneva on the grounds that the conditions for negotiation have not yet been achieved and that the humanitarian situation in Syria is at its worst. The HNC also...

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SDF Enter Manbij With Unprecedented International Military Support

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2016 | Middle East

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) succeeded in entering the city of Manbij, an ISIS stronghold, yesterday for the first time. This came a week after the city was surrounded, ISIS’ supply routes were cut off and a large bulk of its rural areas were seized. The forces,...

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Opinion: Mass Starvation after Barrels and Chemical Weapons!

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 11, 2016 | Opinion

It is not surprising that the Syrian regime is deliberately starving thousands of people because it practiced this in the cellars of its prisons and against its opponents as a policy over a period of forty years of rule. Brutality is not alien to Iran whose generals...