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Victims’ families are hoping for answers after last week’s chemical attack by the regime on the town of Khan Sheikhoun, to the south of Idlib, in Syria. (Reuters)

Assad Maneuvers to Turn the ‘Chemical Table’

by Saeed Abdelrazek and Caroline Akoum | Apr 14, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Ankara – As Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), along with members of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), were expected in Turkey on Thursday as part of their inquiry into the chemical attack that hit the Syrian...

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Children in Aleppo/AFP

ISIS Seeking to Transform Deir Ezzor into Alternative Jihadist ‘Capital’

by Paula Astih | Mar 15, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, Moscow- ISIS is currently busy preparing for two intertwined battles inside Syria. The first is anticipated to take place in its self-proclaimed Syrian capital of Raqqa ahead of the expected offensive of US-allied Syrian forces in the upcoming weeks. The...

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Smoke rising from clashes is seen through a military vehicle during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

US-Backed Offenses Gain Ground against ISIS in Mosul, Raqqa

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

US-backed offenses against the ISIS terror group in Iraq and Syria made advances on Monday as Iraqi forces closed in on government buildings and fighters in Syria seized a key supply route to Raqqa. In Iraq, US-backed Iraqi forces captured the second of Mosul’s...

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Graffiti (R) sprayed by ISIS militants which reads ”We remain” is seen at theTemple of Bel in historic city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria April 1, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

ISIS Reaping Benefits of Syria’s Nationwide Rifts, Boosting Positions

by Youssef Diab | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Terror group ISIS fights defending its self-declared caliphate in each of central Syria in Homs Governorate, east of the country in Deir Ezzor, not to mention its stronghold in the northeastern town of al Bab, bordering Turkey, and Aleppo’s Raqqa. Even though...

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Deir Ezzor airport, seen in 2013, has been a key location for battles throughout the Syrian civil war AFP/Getty Images

Deir Ezzor … ISIS’ Alternative Capital

by Caroline Akoum | Jan 23, 2017 | Features

Beirut- After it began to crumble in Mosul as a result of the offensive against it, ISIS kicked off its decisive battle in Deir Ezzor, one of the biggest cities in eastern Syria. While the terrorist organization succeeded in chocking the regime’s strongholds in the...