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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reuters

‘Talk’ of a Solution in Syria

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 7, 2016 | Opinion

Hearsay on Turkey being inclined towards accepting Bashar al-Assad’s stay as Syrian head of regime, without any effective authority, for another six months seems unfeasible. Chiefly because it was the same proposal that was already accepted by a score of countries...

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Russian Su-34 bombers, Su-27 fighters and MiG-29 fighters fly in formation above Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2015. Reuters

Russian Air Power to Rescue Regime Forces in Lattakia

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 4, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut- Russian airpower caught up with Lattakia’s rural area battles. The air campaign got involved two days after Bashar al-Assad regime forces and the Russia-backed Suqur al-Sahara Brigade, otherwise known as Desert Hawks Brigade, faced devastating battle zone...

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey, May 6. REUTERS/MURAD SEZER

Turkey Plans to Offer Syrian Refugees Citizenship amid Opposition Fears to Resettle Them

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 4, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut,Riyadh-Syria’s opposition fears that the Turkish decision to grant Syrians the citizenship would be used by some countries to produce a demographic change in their country. Head of the Syrian opposition delegation in Geneva, Asaad al-Zoghbi said: “We fear...

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Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad drive a vehicle mounted with an anti-aircraft weapon in the town of Rabiya after they recaptured the rebel-held town in coastal Latakia province, Syria January 27, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Army of Conquest-Led Offensive Turns around Syrian Coastal Battles

by Youssef Diab | Jun 29, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The northern Syrian Lattakia fire line has witnessed a series of unexpected fierce clashes, as extensive rounds of fire were exchanged between regime-supporting militias on one hand and Ahrar al-Sham,1st Coastal Division, Ansar al-Sham, 2nd Coastal division,...

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Syrian rescuers work on pulling a body out from under the rubble of a destroyed building following a reported Syrian regime forces attack at the Tariq al-Bab neighborhood in the rebel-held area of the northern city of Aleppo on June 20, 2016. AFP

European Sources: U.S. Bet on Russia and Iran Proves Gullible

by Michel Abu Najm | Jun 21, 2016 | Middle East

Paris-European diplomatic sources keeping up with developments concerning the Syrian crisis say that U.S. President Barack Obama is spot-on when he deems settlement in Syria to a political solution solely. No one believes that the Syrian civil war can be put to an end...