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A Turkish tank rolls into Syria from the Turkish border city of Karkamis in the southern region of Gaziantep, August 26, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

Fate of Syrian Peace Talks Shaped by Ankara-held Sessions

by Saeed Abdelrazek and Caroline Akoum | Jan 11, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut- The fate of future Kazakhstan-held Syria peace talks, scheduled for later January, remains undetermined as Syrian opposition parties convene in Turkey on Wednesday to name the representing delegation. Russian and Turkish delegates will be attending the...

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An armored police vehicle blocks a road leading to a nightclub
where a gun attack took place during a New Year’s party in Istanbul,
Turkey, on Sunday. Ismail Coskun/Ihlas News Agency via REUTERS

Terrorism Unifies World from Aleppo to Berlin

by Hani Nasira | Jan 3, 2017 | Features

Dubai- As the world celebrated Christmas and the New Year, terrorism addressed its message to the whole world, from Turkey, France, Germany to Asia and the Americas… ISIS has threatened all continents, and despite the crisis it is facing in Iraq and Syria, the...

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A girl stands near the rubble of damaged buildings in al-Rai town in the northern Aleppo countryside. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)

Thanks to no-drama Obama, American Leadership is Gone

by Richard Cohen | Jan 2, 2017 | Opinion

If Dec. 7, 1941, is the day that Franklin D. Roosevelt said “will live in infamy,” then Dec. 20, 2016, has got to be a close second. No Americans died that day as they did at Pearl Harbor, but the American Century, as Time magazine founder Henry Luce called it, came...

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People dig in the rubble in an ongoing search for survivors at a site hit previously by an airstrike in the rebel-held Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Saudi Body Condemns “Criminal Massacres” in Aleppo

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 13, 2016 | Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s top religious body on Tuesday condemned what it said were “criminal massacres” by the Syrian regime against civilians in Aleppo and called on the Islamic world to help save fellow Muslims. State news agency SPA said the secretariat...

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Smoke rises as seen from a governement-held area of Aleppo, Syria December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Syrian Regime, Iraqi Militia Reportedly Killing Aleppo Civilians

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 13, 2016 | Middle East

The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it has received reports of Syria’s pro-regime forces and allied Iraqi militias killing at least 82 civilians in eastern Aleppo in four different neighborhoods in the last few days. Rupert Colville, spokesman for the...