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An over-crowded graveyard is pictured in the rebel held al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

‘Surrender and You Can Eat Again’: Aleppo on the Brink

by David Ignatius | Oct 7, 2016 | Opinion

“Catastrophic” is the word several U.S. officials use privately to discuss the latest developments in Syria, in which a savage Russian bombing campaign has brought Aleppo near the point of surrender. Yet even as members of the Obama administration acknowledge the...

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De Mistura said he expected the talks to be “complicated and difficult” [Denis Balibouse/Reuters]

U.N. Envoy Staffan de Mistura Offers to Escort Rebels out of Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 6, 2016 | Middle East

U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for Syria sounded an offer on Thursday to go to eastern Aleppo and escort up to 1,000 anti-regime fighters out of the city to try to bring an end to bombardment by Russian and Syrian forces. Mr. Mistura said history would judge...

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Smoke rises after airstrikes on Aleppo’s Castello road, Syria June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail/File Photo

U.S.-Russian Syria Deal Lacks a Key Element: Trust

by Leonid Bershidsky | Sep 13, 2016 | Opinion

This time is different, or so U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would have us believe. A new Russian-U.S. agreement to ensure a cessation of hostilities in Syria, indeed, goes further than previous efforts, but the lack of...

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow, on March 24, 2016. AFP PHOTO

Lavrov and Kerry Optimistic about Syria Talks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 27, 2016 | Middle East

London-Optimism prevailed over the diplomatic meetings concerning the intra-Syrian talks. U.N. Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura was hopeful that the Syrian peace talks will resume, while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed on setting a date and had anticipated...

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Lebanese army soldiers patrol on their armored vehicle the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley March 20, 2014. REUTERS/HASSAN ABDALLAH/FILES

Lebanese Army Kills ISIS Leader at Syrian Border

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 28, 2016 | Middle East

Lebanese military forces killed a leader from the ISIS terrorist organization on Thursday during an army operation in the country’s mountainous border region with Syria, Lebanon’s National News Agency and a security source said. The officials and Lebanon’s...