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Past events

Putin loses in Syria. Is Russia in retreat?

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Europe & Eurasia
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Russia

Online Event
Tue, May 21, 2024 • 10:30 am ET

Exploring investment opportunities in northwest Syria

Conflict
Economic Sanctions
Economy & Business
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Event Recap

Mar 29, 2024

Launching the Syria Strategy Project

By
JP Reppeto and Charles Johnson

On March 18, 2024, the Atlantic Council’s Syria Project, the Middle East Institute’s Syria Program, the European Institute of Peace, and Madaniya Civil Society Network launched the Syria Strategy, an intensive process of engagement with subject matter experts and policymakers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East to develop a holistic strategy to […]

Civil Society
Conflict

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Content

In the News

Apr 17, 2017

Ullman in UPI: Does America Ever Learn? What Next in Syria?

By Harlan Ullman

Read the full article here.

Syria

SyriaSource

Apr 17, 2017

Has the International Community Succeeded in Creating a Safe Zone in Syria After Years of War?

By Hosam al-Jablawi

Turkey has come a long way in repairing and rebuilding infrastructure in areas formerly controlled by Syrian armed opposition groups. This is in part because of Turkey’s Euphrates Shield operation, which launched to support and protect its southern border from the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) and block Kurds from unifying their territories in northern […]

Syria

In the News

Apr 15, 2017

Pavel Quoted by Crossroads Today on President Trump’s Use of Force in Syria and Afghanistan

By Barry Pavel

Read the full article here.

Afghanistan
Syria

SyriaSource

Apr 14, 2017

Russia Won’t Forsake Assad—And We Shouldn’t Be Surprised

By Youssef Sadaki

It should not have surprised anyone when Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov disappointed his counterpart Rex Tillerson by insisting on standing by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Russia has unhesitatingly thrown its weight behind Assad since the start of the Syrian conflict, allocating massive resources to guarantee the Assad regime’s victory. But despite Russia’s publicly declared […]

Russia
Syria

In the News

Apr 14, 2017

Slavin Joins VOA’s Issues in the News to Discuss US-Russia Relations After Syria Attack

By Barbara Slavin

Read the full article here.

Russia
Syria

SyriaSource

Apr 14, 2017

Syria: Thinking Strategically

By Frederic C. Hof

Those who think that President Donald Trump can do nothing right—that he is incapable even of matching the performance of a broken clock—have a ready riposte to his cruise missile assault on a Syrian airbase from which a chemical weapons assault was launched: yes, the perpetrators deserved this. But what’s next? Where is the strategy?

Syria

In the News

Apr 13, 2017

Stein Quoted by the New York Times on Why the Syrian Chemical Weapons Problem is So Hard to Solve

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Syria

SyriaSource

Apr 13, 2017

Discussion with Aaron Stein on the End of Euphrates Shield

By SyriaSource

Hossam: Hi my name is Hossam Abouzahr and I am the editor in chief in the Rafik Hariri Center at the Atlantic Council. Today we’re going to talk with Aaron Stein about Turkey’s recent ending of the Euphrates Shield Operation in Syria. My first question is, what led them to ending the operation? It ended […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Apr 13, 2017

Trump’s Syria Policy is Aggressive, but Is It Effective?

By Sam Fouad

According to Defense Secretary James Mattis, the US priority remains defeating the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), bringing the focus back to the long battle in Mosul, and the pending battle in Raqqa after the US military strikes on Shayrat airbase. In the battle against ISIS, US strategy has evolved in the Trump administration’s first […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Apr 12, 2017

Hezbollah’s Balancing Act Between Syria and Lebanon

By Ali Alfoneh

Lebanese Hezbollah was founded on the doctrine of resistance against Israel. Since at least 2012 however, the Shia militia has fought in neighboring Syria on Iran’s behalf to secure the survival of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and thereby maintain its own overland corridor to Tehran. Though it has succeeded, along with Iran and Russia, in stabilizing […]

Syria

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Beth Van Schaack

Distinguished Fellow

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Gregory Waters

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Samir Altaqi

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Colin Brooks

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

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Anthony J. Ruggiero