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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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A view shows Abu Samra border crossing to Saudi Arabia, in Qatar June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Tom Finn

The Challenge: Who Guarantees Qatar?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 10, 2017 | Opinion

The problem of the four Arab states that decided to confront Qatar is not represented in obliging Doha to meet their 13 demands, but, it’s in Qatar’s credibility and guaranteeing what it says, signs and pledges. We do not know of a single agreement that Qatar signed...

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu addresses the media in Ankara, Turkey, July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Ankara Intensifies Consultations with Moscow, Tehran to Face ‘Nusra’ in Idlib

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 17, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Moscow- Ankara has started intensifying its consultations with Tehran and Moscow regarding the situation in Syria and the latest developments that are related to al-Nusra Front’s control over wide areas in Idlib Governorate, which is close to the Turkish...

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Journalists look at parked buses that will transfer Nusra Front militants in Jroud Arsal, Syria-Lebanon border, July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (REUTERS)

5000 Militants, Civilians Left Arsal to Idlib while Hundreds Stepping Back

by Nazeer Rida | Aug 3, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Thousands of Syrian civilians and Nusra Front militants and their families gathered on Wednesday in buses intended to transport them to the north of Syria, in implementation of the second phase of a deal between Nusra and the Lebanese Hezbollah, which aims to...

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Syrian Refugees seen at Lebanon’s border region of Arsal, Lebanon July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Hassan Abdalla

Hezbollah, Nusra Front Implement First Phase of Arsal Deal

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 31, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – The first phase of the implementation of a deal between Hezbollah and Al-Nusra Front began on Sunday, as the two groups exchanged the bodies of fighters as part of a ceasefire in the Lebanese border town of Arsal. Hezbollah’s military media outlet reported...