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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, drive on the western front in Raqqa, Syria, during an offensive by the SDF to retake the city from ISIS militants. (Bulent Kilic/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images

CIA and the ‘Anti-Assad’ Program

by David Ignatius | Jul 27, 2017 | Opinion

What did the CIA’s covert assistance program for Syrian rebels accomplish? Bizarrely, the biggest consequence may be that it helped trigger the Russian military intervention in 2015 that rescued President Bashar al-Assad — achieving the opposite of what the program...

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Chief opposition negotiator Mohammad Alloush (right) of the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) attends the Astana talks- AFP

Syrian Regime Fails ‘Silent Skies’ Ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 6, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- Syrian regime’s air campaign against rebel-held areas continues even though a ceasefire has been brokered between a Syrian rebel group Jaysh al-Islam and regime-backing Russian diplomats. “The ceasefire should have went into implementation as of yesterday...

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Fighters from the Free Syrian Army sit inside an armored vehicle near the town of Bizaah, northeast of the city of al-Bab, on Feb. 4. (Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Al-Qaeda is Eating Us’: Syrian Rebels are Losing Out to Extremists

by Liz Sly and Zakaria Zakaria | Feb 26, 2017 | Features

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The biggest surviving rebel stronghold in northern Syria is falling under the control of al-Qaeda-linked extremists amid a surge of rebel infighting that threatens to vanquish what is left of the moderate rebellion. The ascent of the extremists in...

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A rebel fighter from the Ahrar al-Sham Movement gathers pieces of the wreckage of an unidentified and unmanned aircraft that had crashed at their base in Maarchmarein village in the southern part of Idlib province, Syria October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Facing Attacks, Syrian Rebels Join Bigger Faction

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 26, 2017 | Middle East

Syrian rebel group Ahrar al-Sham announced Thursday that at least six rebel factions had joined its ranks in northwestern Syria in order to counter a major assault by a powerful extremist group. Ahrar al-Sham, which presents itself as a mainstream rebel group, sided...

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A man wrapped in a Turkish flag walks past a military vehicle in front of Sabiha Airport, in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Syrian Rebels Praise Turks’ Triumph over Conspiracy

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 16, 2016 | Middle East

Syrian rebels applauded Turks on Saturday for standing firm against a “conspiracy” to overthrow President Tayyip Erdogan, one of the main regional supporters of their fight against head of Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad. “We congratulate the Turkish...