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FILE PHOTO: A view shows damaged buildings in Deir al-Zor, eastern Syria February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

US-Backed Syrian Opposition Say Won’t Allow Regime Forces to Cross Euphrates River

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 15, 2017 | Middle East

US-backed Syrian opposition factions will not let forces backing the regime of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad cross the Euphrates River in their bid to recover eastern Syria, their commander said. Syrian opposition commander Abu Khawla said a civilian administration would be...

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Stephen O’Brien briefs the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria, UN: Rick Bajornas

UNSC Reviews Syria’s Humanitarian Condition amid Divisions

by Jordan Dakamseh | Apr 28, 2017 | Middle East

New York – United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien briefed the UN Security Council on the exasperating humanitarian situation in Syria on Thursday. O’Brien’s speech focused on the...

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Saudi Woman, Two Syrians Arrested in Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Saudi judiciary sentenced on Wednesday a Saudi citizen to six years in prison and banned her from traveling for supporting ISIS and seeking to join it. Saudi authorities foiled her attempt to travel to Syria with her children, through Yemen, and arrested her...

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Syrian Opposition Makes Advances in Eastern Ghouta

by Youssef Diab | Jan 19, 2017 | Middle East

The Syrian regime has increased the pace of its military operations in the area of Wadi Barada which is situated in the north-western countryside of the capital Damascus. It has launched violent attacks, in coordination with Hezbollah fighters and militants loyal to...

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Opinion: Russia’s Options – Fighting or Negotiations

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 29, 2016 | Opinion

The Russian plane and the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey are events that are not deemed critical enough to make the Kremlin change its policies. Rather, the continuation of regional and international conflict and the insistence of the opposition on...