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The Syrian Regime and Russia Continue to Use Cluster Bombs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 29, 2016 | Middle East

Human Rights Watch yesterday accused the Syrian regime and its ally Russia of using prohibited cluster bombs on a large scale to attack armed opposition fighters in Syria. The non-governmental organisation which is based in New York said it has documented cluster...

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Russian- Iranian Coordination With the Regime to Amend the Plan to Attack Aleppo and Idlib

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | May 16, 2016 | Middle East

The chief negotiator of the High Negotiation Committee (HNC) Asaad Al-Zoubi in Geneva warned that the Russian – Iranian alliance coordinated with the Syrian regime to amend plans for an attack to include the intensification of missile strikes on the outskirts of...

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Russian-American Agreement to Protect Assad’s Strongholds

by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 30, 2016 | Middle East

A Russian- American agreement to re-establish the ceasefire in the Syrian regime strongholds of Latakia and Damascus was announced yesterday. Aleppo, a stronghold of the opposition that has been brutally shelled recently by the Syrian regime forces, was excluded from...

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Opinion: Did Assad Sleep that Night?

by Tariq Alhomayed | Mar 16, 2016 | Opinion

Just as Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the world by intervening militarily in Syria, he surprised them again by announcing a partial withdrawal of forces from it. The question here is not why the Russians announced the partial withdrawal because it is too...

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Members of the Russian air forces express their joy after returning to their country yesterday (AP)

Assad is Isolated and Lavrov Praises Saudi Arabia’s Efforts to Unite the Opposition

by Taha Abed alWahed | Mar 16, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

After the decision taken by the Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw the majority of Russian troops from Syria, a decision that caused international controversy, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday said that his country is grateful to the...