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People walk past damaged buildings in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Syria: The Myth of a Regime Victorious

by Gareth Bayley | Oct 20, 2017 | Opinion

These are my last days as the UK Special Representative for Syria. As I look back at three short years in this role, much has changed in Syria, and yet much has remained the same. For sure, this conflict has seen far worse times and atrocities, the vast majority of...

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Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil gestures after an interview with Reuters at his office in Beirut September 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

Lebanon: ‘Political Weariness’ due to Normalization with Syrian Regime

by Paula Astih | Sep 26, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The Lebanese government is facing a chain of challenges that are seriously threatening its stability for the first time. Major challenges are the economic file and the obvious push of 8 March alliance towards normalization with the Syrian regime. Days after...

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Rebel fighters and civilians gather as they wait to be evacuated from a rebel-held sector of eastern Aleppo, Syria December 16, 2016. Reuters

Major Evacuation of Fighters, Civilians since Beginning of War in Syria

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 9, 2017 | Middle East

London – During the years of the Syrian war that erupted in 2011 as many areas were besieged by all conflict parties, the country has witnessed several evacuations involving tens of thousands of civilians and fighters, especially from the strongholds of the...

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Smoke rises after Syrian regime aircraft carried out airstrikes on a town in the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus on 5 March. (Getty Images)

Spain to Investigate Criminal Complaint against 9 Syrian Officials

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2017 | Middle East

Madrid – A Spanish court said on Monday it would investigate a criminal complaint against members of the Syrian regime’s security and intelligence forces in issues related to state terrorism and forced disappearance of people. The complaint was brought in...

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Syria Situation Report: ISW

ISW: ‘Russia, Iran Violated Command and Control of Syrian Regime’s Army’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 13, 2017 | Middle East

New York, Cairo-The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute conducted an intensive multi-week exercise to frame, design, and evaluate potential courses of action that the United States could...