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File photo: Rebel fighters in Jobar, Syria. Amer Almohibany / AFP

Regime Forces Attack ‘De-escalation Zones’ in East Damascus

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 28, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut, London, Moscow- Syrian regime forces have made reinforcements on the Jobar and Ein Tarma fronts, east of Damascus, while the opposition forces thwarted the attack. The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces said targeting residential...

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Children walk past rubble of damaged buildings at Ain Tarma, eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria July 19, 2017, Reuters

Damascus’ Diplomats Meet to Outline Future Foreign Policy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2017 | Middle East

Damascus- Syria’s diplomatic cable held a meeting to outline the regime’s foreign policy for the upcoming period, said informed sources. Sources told the German news agency, DPA, that the meeting coincided as regime troops pushed for control over swathes of Syrian...

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Boys play near the remains of damaged buildings in the rebel-held town of Douma in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria, on Saturday. | REUTERS

Failed Attempts to Unify Opposition in Ghouta

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 17, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Jaish al-Islam’s announcement on Saturday that it agrees to dissolve itself and integrate into the Damascus Military Council could not succeed to end division between its militants and Faylaq al-Rahman and to form a unified opposition national army, therefore,...