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In the News

Dec 21, 2016

Mezran Quoted by Bloomberg on Russia’s Libya Policy

By Karim Mezran

Read the full article here.

Libya Syria

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Stein Quoted by the New York Times on How President-Elect Trump Is Affecting Russia, Iran, and Turkey’s Syria Negotiations

By Aaron Stein

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Iran Russia

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Itani Joins the Diane Rehm Show to Discuss the International Repercussions of Syria

By Faysal Itani

Listen to the full interview here.

Syria

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Ashooh Joins AirTalk to Discuss How US Syria Policy May Change Under President Trump

By Jessica Ashooh

Listen to full interview here.

Syria

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Stein Quoted by ABC News Radio on Tensions Between United States, Turkey, and Russia After Assassination of the Russian Ambassador

By Aaron Stein

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Russia Syria

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Slavin in Voice of America: Massacre in Aleppo, Murder in Ankara and Berlin

By Barbara Slavin

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Germany Syria

SyriaSource

Dec 20, 2016

Syria ‘On the Cheap’

By Frederic C. Hof

The five-plus year failure of the United States to protect a single Syrian from the relentless mass homicide campaign of a rogue Syrian government will help to define the impact and the values of the Obama administration for as long as historians parse the humanitarian abomination that is Syria. It is a failure that facilitated, […]

Syria

New Atlanticist

Dec 19, 2016

Turkey-Russia Relationship Will Survive Russian Ambassador’s Assassination

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey on December 19, while a tragic incident, is unlikely to have a significant impact on the diplomatic relationship between Moscow and Ankara that has been forged over priorities in Syria, according to two Atlantic Council analysts. “This incident, in theory, could be a pretext for the Russians […]

Syria Turkey

SyriaSource

Dec 19, 2016

Analysis: The Fall of Rebel-Held Aleppo Is a Warning to Others Who Oppose Assad

By Annia Ciezadlo

For moderate, unarmed rebels, as well as anyone wanted by the government, the rapid and brutal offensive to retake east Aleppo is a sign of what’s to come elsewhere in Syria.

Syria

In the News

Dec 19, 2016

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on the UN Resolution on the Aleppo Evacuation

By Faysal Itani

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Syria

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