Syria

The Arab World’s American Savior Complex

2017-04-24

The Middle East may be cheering Trump’s Syria strike today, but they’ll be cursing his name the next

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All the U.S. President's Flip-Flops

2017-04-14

The simplest explanation for Donald Trump’s new positions on everything from Syria to interest rates? Ignorance.

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Did Trump get played by the king of Jordan like someone new to the region?

2017-04-14

Jordan has borne some of the heaviest burdens of the Syrian war

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Wasta Rule

2017-03-20

The Islamic State’s governing system in Syria looks a great deal like that of the Assad regime

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US-led coalition admits killing more civilians in Syria and Iraq

2017-01-04

US Central Command says several strikes, including one that hit a hospital car park, remain under investigation

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Aleppo evacuation back on after deal over besieged Shia villages

2016-12-19

Convoys of buses from eastern Aleppo reached rebel-held areas of countryside to the west of the city

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Masters of War in Syria and Iraq

2016-10-30

When the bloody conflict finally ends in Syria, there will be no victory parades, no moment of national catharsis

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Syria’s civil war, The agony of Aleppo

2016-10-06

America’s ceasefire deal with Russia never stood a chance

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The Downfall of ISIS

2016-09-28

Why Foreign Fighters Have Become a Liability

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Fighting further buries hopes for Syria truce

2016-09-21

United States says the ceasefire agreement it sponsored jointly with Russia is "not dead"

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Iraq and Syria.. Islamic stateless?

2016-07-09

The jihadists are losing their caliphate, but they remain deadly

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Syria’s cease-fire strengthens al-Qaida branch

2016-05-29

In one, young men line up for combat training. In another, a bearded al-Qaida fighter in a mosque urges a crowd of men to join jihad

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Sykes-Picot, Middle East Underwriter, Dead at 100

2016-05-24

On May 16, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Great Britain and France signed a secret pact in London. Officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, the deal, negotiated by the diplomats Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot

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ISIS MATH EDUCATION STARTS WITH BANNING THE PLUS SIGN

2016-05-09

ISIS’s changes encompass the social, educational and cultural institutions. To make these changes, ISIS has at times used coercion and compulsion, and at other times enticed people through its interpretations of Islam

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