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Hezbollah militants performing a parade

Washington Institute: Hezbollah’s Involvement in Syria Decreased their Popularity

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-Latest studies issued by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, titled “A Transformative Experience: Understanding Hezbollah’s Involvement in Syria,” confirmed that participating in the Syrian war has exhausted Hezbollah fighters and drained it. The...

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Free Syrian Army fighters in hospital in Turkey. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Hannah Lucinda Smith)

Broken Bodies, Fractured Army

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Apr 30, 2014 | Features

Turkish–Syrian border, Asharq Al-Awsat—The young man sat up in his hospital bed, his head shaved and his eyes furious. “They are blood merchants,” he said, and then he paused to find the right words to express the depth of his disdain. “They are playing with the blood...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during a ceremony marking a Police Day at the police academy in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo /Hadi Mizban)

Opinion: Maliki squandering Iraq’s money on Iran and Syria

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 2, 2013 | Opinion

When, a few months ago, I stated that the Iraqi government’s involvement in Syria was serving the Iranian regime, I did so without sufficient evidence. I made these comments based on accounts, and Iraqi-Iranian activities in Egypt, Lebanon, Gaza, and Syria. Today, the...

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A Lebanese Sunni gunman holds a rifle in Al-Koubbeh, in Tripoli May 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim)

Opinion: Syria’s spreading sectarian war

by Osman Mirghani | May 29, 2013 | Opinion

For a long time, we refused to acknowledge that what is happening in Syria has become a civil war. This is something that persisted even after the war expanded to include all parties in the country and draw various other elements into the conflict, which made it...

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Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague appears on the BBC, March 3, 2013. Source: REUTERS/Jeff Overs/BBC/handout

British Government to Begin Supplying Syrian Rebels

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 6, 2013 | Middle East

The British government is to begin supplying Syrian rebels with advice, training and “non-lethal” equipment according to foreign secretary William Hague. Speaking in the British parliament today, Hague said: “We cannot step back from a crisis that could destabilize...