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Shi'ite militias in Iraq, near the Syria border strip in 2015. Photo credit: AP

Disagreements over Smuggling between Regime Forces, Iranian Militias in Syria

Despite the relative calm that the various Syrian regions are experiencing, many disputes have begun to appear in the open between Syrian regime forces and the local and foreign militias that enjoy…

Jiwan Soz 30 April 2022

A Turkish national flag hangs on a fence as Syrian refugees wait for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's arrival at the Nizip refugee camp near Gaziantep, Turkey, 23 April 2016. (EPA/SEDAT SUNA)

Syrian Refugees Call Out Turkish Politicians’ Agenda

Turkish security forces have arrested more than 120 people since August 13, over attacks against Syrian refugees and their properties in the capital Ankara, following the death of a Turkish citizen…

Jiwan Soz 20 August 2021

How U.S. Sanctions Can Crack the Syrian Regime

In "The Pointless Cruelty of Trump's New Syria Sanctions" (August 17, 2020),Joshua LandisandSteven Simonargue that the new American sanctions imposed against backers of the Syrian regime harm…

Adham Sahlou Sana Sekkarie and Sandy Alkoutami 16 October 2020

A drone photo shows the aerial photo of marketplace after it was hit by Syrian regime and Russian airstrikes in central Idlib, Syria on January 15, 2020. (Getty)

Bashar al-Assad’s Hollow Victory

PresidentBashar al-Assad’sregime inSyriahas now endured through nearly nine years of civil conflict. The question for those invested in Syria’s future is no longer whether the regime will survive but…

Lina Khatib 25 January 2020

There’s a Right Way to End Syria’s War

Earlier this month,Geir Pedersen, Norway’s ambassador toChinaand a former permanent representative to theUnited Nations, was appointed special envoy on theSyriaconflict. He replaces the veteran…

Janine di Giovanni 21 November 2018

How UN Humanitarian Aid Has Propped Up Assad

The international sanctions imposed on Syria since April 2011 are the most comprehensive on record. Nonetheless, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has over the past seven years waged an…

Annie Sparrow 02 January 2019

An undated photo obtained on September 18, 2018 shows a Russian IL-20M (Ilyushin 20m) aircraft landing at an unknown location. Russia blamed Israel on September 18, 2018 for the loss of a military IL-20M jet to Syrian fire, which killed all 15 servicemen on board, and threatened a response. (Getty)

The Assad Regime and its Iranian Patron Are No Prize for Russia

Russia has made itself the arbiter of events in Syria. Its military intervention and use of intensive bombing allowed it to change the balance of forces on the ground and save the Assad regime. But…

Dennis Ross 21 November 2018

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Disagreements over Smuggling between Regime Forces, Iranian Militias in Syria

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