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Regime Intensifies its Campaign on Barada Valley and Strengthens its Positions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 11, 2017 | Middle East

The military campaign led by the Syrian regime and militias loyal to it on the besieged area of Barada Valley enters its third week today. Violent clashes between the regime’s forces and armed opposition groups are taking place on several fronts, and the most violent...

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A member of the Nusra Front climbs a pole where the al-Qaeda-affiliate’s flag was raised at a central square in the northwestern Syrian city of Ariha, in Idlib province, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Syria: Failure to Unite Extremist Factions Opens Door to Alternative Options

by Thaer Abbas | Dec 23, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut – The plan to merge extremist Islamic factions with moderate ones operating in north Syria has not seen light — Ahrar al-Sham and Noureddine Zanki movements stepped back in the project that aims to launch a new entity of 13 factions, a majority of...

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Opinion: The Failure of the Kerry – Lavrov Agreement

by Tariq Alhomayed | Jul 30, 2016 | Opinion

Our newspaper published an exclusive story about the Kerry-Lavrov agreement on the Syria crisis two days ago. It summarised what the US Secretary of State John Kerry communicated to his European counterparts in Brussels, after his lengthy meetings with the Russian...

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Washington Hints at a Military “Plan B” in Syria in the Event that the Ceasefire Fails

by Heba El Koudsy | Feb 10, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

The US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the United States may resort to an alternative “Plan B” and a new military initiative in Syria in the event that there is a lack of progress in securing a ceasefire in the country. Kerry said in an interview with David...

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Venezuelan police stand in front a traffic congestion after an electricity blackout in Caracas, Venezuela, 03 September 2013. (EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ)

Power blackout hits 70 percent of Venezuela

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 4, 2013 | World

Caracas, AP—Venezuela’s main power distribution network failed Tuesday, depriving 70 percent of the country of electricity and creating traffic chaos in much of Caracas, which normally escapes such outages. Electrical Energy Minister Jesse Chacon said on state...