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MENASource

Mar 21, 2016

Top News: Pentagon announces more marines deployed to Iraq

By MENASource

The United States announced on Sunday it will put more troops on the ground in Iraq after a marine was killed in an ISIS rocket barrage on Saturday, making this the second US combat death in the fight against ISIS.

MENASource

Mar 21, 2016

EconSource: Egypt Signs $1.5 Billion Sinai Development Deal with Saudi Arabia

By EconSource

Egypt on Sunday signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia worth $1.5 billion to finance development projects in the Sinai during the fifth meeting of the Egyptian-Saudi coordination council in Riyadh, according to the Ministry of International Cooperation.

New Atlanticist

Mar 19, 2016

Russia in Ukraine: The Greatest Challenge to the European Security Order

By Peter Hultqvist and Juozas Olekas

European sanctions on Russia cannot be eased until Moscow fulfils commitments it made under the Minsk agreements to pull its troops and weaponry out of eastern Ukraine and Ukrainian control of its state borders is restored. Despite persistent Russian denials, regular Russian troops remain in Donbas and Moscow continues to provide military equipment and training […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2016

Migrant Deal ‘Reengages’ Turkey with the European Union

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The deal reached on March 18 to address Europe’s migrant crisis “reengages” Turkey with the European Union, but is a “questionable deal” for Europe, said the Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell. “Even more important than the specifics of the negotiation, this deal reengages Turkey with Europe, taking the relationship out of the deep freeze where it had […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2016

Can Japan Help End the War in Syria?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Interview with Kota Suechika of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan Japan can use its good relationships with various actors in the Syrian civil war to help end the conflict that this month entered its sixth year, according to Kota Suechika, a professor at the College of International Relations at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. Japan’s […]

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SyriaSource

Mar 18, 2016

Top News: March 18, 2016

By SyriaSource

– ISIS claims killing of five Russian troops killed near Palmyra– UN seeks to reach over 1 million besieged Syrians in six weeks– UN envoy urges clear proposals from Damascus at Syria talks – White House says ready to help ICC genocide probe in Syria, Iraq– Bomb kills policeman in southeast Turkey

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SyriaSource

Mar 18, 2016

ISIS and Genocide: A Narrow Approach to Mass Murder in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

It is right and proper that the US House of Representatives (by a vote of 393 to zero) and the Obama administration have declared that the Islamic State (ISIL, ISIS, Daesh) is employing genocide in its effort to fill vacuums of political legitimacy in Syria and Iraq. As Secretary of State John Kerry accurately noted […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Mar 18, 2016

Russia’s Withdrawal from Syria is not a Defeat

By Faysal Itani

Shortly after Russia announced it would withdraw most of its forces from Syria, the first Russian military aircraft left Hmeimim air base. This was quite abrupt and unexpected but it was not shocking, nor did it indicate that Russian fortunes and commitment in Syria have collapsed. More likely, the withdrawal shows Russia’s sufficient if incomplete […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Mar 18, 2016

Behind the Russian Withdrawal

By Daniel R. DePetris

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he would begin a withdrawal of military assets from Syria caught nearly every observer of the conflict by surprise—even close military advisers in the Kremlin. After six months of bombing, over 9,000 strike sorties, and the deployment of approximately 4,000 Russian personnel, Putin’s declaration of “mission accomplished” is a […]

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MENASource

Mar 18, 2016

Top News: White House says ready to help ICC genocide probe in Syria, Iraq

By MENASource

The White House on Thursday said it was ready to support an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into alleged genocide carried out by ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

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