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Bahrain, France, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Opposition urges Arab states not to mend ties with Syria

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) welcomes his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir in Damascus. Photo: SANA

Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Sudanese president visits Syria, signaling Arab thaw

by Sami Moubayed December 17, 2018February 18, 2020

الرئيس السوداني عمر البشير. صورة Ebrahim Hamid / Anadolu Agency

France, Jordan, Middle East, Syria, World

Sudan’s president visits Syria

by Asia Times staff December 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Photo: Sana / Handout via Reuters

France, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Syrian president announces $9bn national budget for 2019

by Asia Times staff December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

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France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Assad, Russian envoy discuss Syria constitutional committee

by Asia Times staff November 5, 2018February 18, 2020

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Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Syrian jihadists vow to keep fighting as deadline looms

by Asia Times staff October 15, 2018February 18, 2020

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Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Civilians are the big losers in Syria’s great game

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 6, 2018October 6, 2018

A Syrian opposition fighter takes a selfie as fighters walk through Syria in front of Turkish troops near the Syrian border at Hassa, Hatay province, on January 22, 2018. Photo: AFP/Bulent Kilic

European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Syrian Kurds remain a thorny issue between Turkey and the US

by Emanuele Scimia September 15, 2018

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AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

After Syria’s partition, will Xinjiang be destabilized?

by Christina Lin September 13, 2018September 13, 2018

Smoke rises in the Syrian village of Kafr Ain in the southern countryside of Idlib province after an air strike on September 7. Photo: AFP/Anas al-Dyab

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

There’s at least one more ugly battle brewing in Syria

by Vijay Prashad September 12, 2018

Adolph Hitler. Photo: Flickr Commons

European Union, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

How ‘brutal dictators’ get access to evil

by David Simmons September 11, 2018September 12, 2018

Admiral Grigorovich class frigate AdmIral Essen sails through the Bosphorus on Aug. 26 on its way to the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Twitter

Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia’s fleet to counter US moves ahead of Syrian offensive

by Asia Times staff August 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Idlib, Syria. Map: Wikimedia Commons

Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Civilians in peril as Syrian regime readies for attack

by Asia Times and agencies August 29, 2018February 18, 2020

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Beijing, China, Middle East, Syria

China says willing to team with Syria’s Assad in push to retake territory

by Asia Times staff August 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Syrian government soldiers stand flashing the victory gesture next to a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hanging on a tank at the Nassib border crossing with Jordan in the southern province of Daraa on July 7, 2018. Photo: AFP / Youssef Karwashan

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

What’s going to happen when Assad wins the war in Syria?

by Patrick Lawrence July 17, 2018

In this image released by the US Department of Defense the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 14, 2018, against Syria. Photo: AFP / US Department of Defense / Kallysta Castillo

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Laos, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

The ‘scourge’ of chemical weapons: Newspeak in the modern era

by David Simmons July 10, 2018

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Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Syrian regime gains ground

by Asia Times staff July 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in May 2018. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters/ Mikhail Klimentyev

European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Putin to al-Assad: US, and Iran, will get out of Syria

by Asia Times staff May 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Sergei Ilnitsky

AT Finance, China, Cyprus, Egypt, France, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

The Russian-Israeli-Iranian conundrum in Syria

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 15, 2018February 18, 2020

A boxing match. Confrontation between the USA and Turkey. Turkish and American national flags on Boxing gloves. Sports competition between the two countries. Concept of the foreign policy conflict. Photo: iStock

China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russian arms deal sours US-Turkey relations

by Nicos Panayiotides May 9, 2018May 9, 2018

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Afghanistan, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

When pushing for war, belief is all that matters

by Andrew Brennan April 25, 2018April 25, 2018

A Syrian military officer records a video inside the destroyed Scientific Research Centre in Damascus, Syria April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Missile strikes are not a Syria strategy

by Richard N. Haass April 21, 2018

The destroyed Scientific Research Center is seen in Damascus, Syria April 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sanadiki

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Are we at an inflection point?

by Norman A. Bailey April 17, 2018

The US Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey fires a Tomahawk land attack missile, April 14, 2018. Photo: US Navy/Matthew Daniels/Handout via Reuters

France, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

How far will Trump go in Syria?

by Asia Times staff April 15, 2018February 18, 2020

الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب يلقي بيان عن سوريا في البيت الأبيض في 13 أبريل/نيسان 2018. صورة: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

France, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

US launches strike on Syria in coordination with France, UK

by Asia Times staff April 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A man is washed after an alleged chemical weapons attack, in what is said to be Douma, Syria. Source: still of video report obtained by Reuters

Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Trump skips South America trip as US mulls Syria response

by Asia Times staff April 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Tehran has given Syria's regime political, financial, and military backing throughout the country's seven-year uprising. Photo: iStock

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Unified international action urgently needed in Syria

by Nicos Panayiotides April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and then Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert attend Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on July 14, 2008. Photo: AFP / ERIC Feferberg

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

How Israel’s nuclear hegemony serves regional stability

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 22, 2018February 18, 2020

UN soldiers look out on a post at Mount Avital, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the Israeli-Syrian border on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Israel repeats past mistakes as it creates buffer zone in Syria

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Vladimir Putin fires a sport gun at a sports complex outside Sochi on March 9, 2012. Photo: AFP/Ria Novosti/Alexey Druzhinin

AT Finance, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Putin’s Sochi conference on Syria looks to be a talking shop

by Sami Moubayed January 29, 2018February 18, 2020