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Al-Nusra Front members gesture while posing on a tank on Al-Khazan frontline of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, on May 17, 2014. (Reuters/Hamid Khatib)

Syria: Islamists divided over revolutionary “honor code”

by Nazeer Rida | May 22, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Members of the main Western-backed Syrian National Coalition has called on all opposition factions to sign a Revolutionary Honor Code, after the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front categorically rejected it earlier this week. The honor code has...

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian people gather at the site of one of two car bombs that exploded in the pro-government district of Zahraa in the central Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syria: Homs negotiations include release of Iranian and Hezbollah detainees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 4, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Negotiations between the Syrian government and rebels in the besieged city of Homs have entered a new phase, amid reports that the fates of Iranians and Hezbollah members being held by the opposition are being discussed. The Syrian government...

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A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon as he takes position in Aleppo’s Karm al-Jabal district on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Saad AboBrahim)

Syria: Kerry says US may meet with Islamist rebel group

by Thair Abbas | Dec 19, 2013 | Middle East

London/Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—US Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated on Tuesday that the US was willing to meet with members of the Syrian opposition’s Islamic Front, despite the US and UK freezing aid to Syrian rebels after the group took control of opposition...

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Ambassador Robert Ford appears before a full committee hearing on his nomination to be ambassador to Syria at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington

Syria: Islamic Front denies meeting US ambassador

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 17, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian opposition sources have denied that talks have taken place between the US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, and leaders of the Islamic Front, one of the largest Islamist opposition factions in Syria. A source within the Syrian...

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry after a statement early on November 24, 2013 in Geneva. (AFP Photo/Fabrice Coffrini)

The Long Way towards Middle East Peace

by Manuel Almeida | Dec 14, 2013 | Features

Manama/London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US and Iranian presidents have taken a cautious tone on the November 24 interim nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1, a sign that the process remains very much in its infancy. But as the Geneva II conference on Syria approaches,...