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Tag: Syrian civil war

Posted inRussia

Chemical weapons not off the table in Ukraine war

by Jeffrey William Knopf April 13, 2022April 15, 2022

Reports emerged from Ukraine on April 11, 2022, alleging that Russia had used a drone to drop an unknown chemical agent in the besieged southern city of Mariupol. There has been no official confirmation of these reports as of April 12. But the Pentagon has said the news reflects US concern about Russia’s “potential to […]

Posted inOpinion

The irony of America’s ‘woke’ foreign policy 

by James Carden February 2, 2022February 2, 2022
Posted inSyria

Secret Syria talks speak to a post-US Middle East era

by Jonathan Gorvett September 20, 2021September 23, 2021
Posted inRussia

Putin befriends Syrian girl with letter, gifts

by Dave Makichuk August 27, 2021August 27, 2021
Posted inAnalysis

Russia-Israel ties resemble matryoshka dolls

by MK Bhadrakumar August 12, 2021August 16, 2021
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Photo: Sana / Handout via Reuters
Posted inOpinion

Failed economics: Syria ‘restructures’ its subsidy system

by Haid Haid June 1, 2021June 1, 2021
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How Soleimani coaxed Putin to help Damascus

by Pepe Escobar January 28, 2021January 30, 2021
Posted inSyria

Syrian exile medics fighting Europe’s virus war

by Wilson Fache May 8, 2020May 12, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

World is unprepared for resurgence of ISIS

by Aviva Guttmann May 6, 2020May 8, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Proxy war in Idlib heads toward military escalation

by Christina Lin March 12, 2020March 12, 2020
Posted inLebanon, Middle East, Syria

Syrians in Lebanon doomed to Palestinian purgatory

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse December 13, 2019February 18, 2020
People walk through the damage, after an air raid in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh
Posted inMiddle East, Syria, United States, World

Why Douma attack wasn’t a ‘managed massacre’

by Jefferson Morley December 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Syria, Turkey

Syrian rebels forced into dangerous liaison with Assad

by Haid Haid October 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Syria, Turkey

Syria’s Kurds left out of Turkish border plan

by Faisal Al Yafai August 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Kurdish fighters from the YPG run across a street in Raqqa, Syria July 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic
Posted inMiddle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United States, World

Syrian war central to worsened Turkey-US ties

by Omer Taspinar August 21, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Fierce clashes as Syria regime forces enter key town

by AT Contributor August 19, 2019February 18, 2020
An image grab from propaganda video released by ISIS shows fighters with the trademark Jihadists flag. Photo: AFP
Posted inEuropean Union, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Europe’s tribunal plan is about geography, not justice

by Faisal Al Yafai May 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Iranian, Chinese cars rev up in sanctioned Syria

by Sami Moubayed February 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Syrian president meets Iran’s supreme leader

by Asia Times staff February 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in May 2018. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters/ Mikhail Klimentyev
Posted inIran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia-Iran competition heats up in Syria

by Neil Hauer February 12, 2019February 18, 2020

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