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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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ISIS militants (Photo: AFP)

ISIS Members from Iraq, Syria Tell their Stories

by Ghassan Charbel | Aug 31, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil- I had a strange sensation while I was sitting in the counter-terrorism headquarters in Erbil, amidst hundreds of ISIS men distributed in the prison chambers and cells. In the morning I discussed with Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Masoud Barzani the future...

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Nikolaos van Dam (Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic)

Dutch Scholar Nikolaos van Dam: Syria in Dilemma

by Ibrahim Hamidi | Aug 29, 2017 | Interviews

London- Syria is in a dilemma since the regime is unwilling to allow any true participation in the authority and the only way to change the regime was through military intervention – which has brought disasters in other countries, said Dutch scholar Nikolaos van Dam...

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Lebanese army soldiers patrol a street at the entrance of the border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah

Arsal Deal: Release of Hezbollah Captives, Withdrawal of Nusra, Thousands of Civilians

by Paula Astih | Jul 30, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The deal agreed upon between “Hezbollah” and “Jabhat Nusra” is expected to get in effect at the end of this week – the deal has put an end to the ongoing clashes in the barrens of Arsal. More than 5,000 civilians and armed Syrians have registered their names...

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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army ride armoured pick up trucks during battles against ISIS militants near the town of Qabasin. (AFP)

Ankara Intervenes to Halt FSA Infighting in Syria’s al-Bab

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The clashes that erupted between the Free Syrian Army’s Euphrates Shield unit and other factions in the Syrian city of al-Bab and others regions in the northeastern Aleppo countryside have come to a halt. Ankara had reportedly intervened to stop the...