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Our work on Syria sheds light on the ongoing struggle of Syrians to fulfill their desire for democratic self-governance as the United States and the international community grapple with the aftermath of a devastating civil war, millions of refugees across the Middle East and Europe, and ongoing security and political challenges spilling over Syria’s borders.


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In the News

Dec 13, 2016

Hof in Defense News: Separating Friend from Foe in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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Dec 13, 2016

Farkas Joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to Discuss the Syrian Conflict

By Evelyn Farkas

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Dec 13, 2016

Itani in the New York Times: What Comes After Aleppo Falls?

By Faysal Itani

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Dec 12, 2016

Why the Opposition Can’t Fight in the Coastal Mountains

By Saleem al-Omar

Frequently, activists of different stripes call for revenge against the regime for Aleppo or the Damascus countryside by opening the Syrian coastal front where, during the last four years (prior to the Russian intervention), the opposition controlled wide swaths of the mountains. That is, until the Russians forced the opposition groups to withdraw and only […]

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Dec 8, 2016

Aleppo: The Washing of Hands

By Frederic C. Hof

In Brussels recently, the American secretary of state placed much of the onus for the abomination that is Aleppo on the Syrian opposition. “But the opposition would not buy into a ceasefire; they didn’t want to have a ceasefire. And there was a refusal to embrace the ceasefire, despite many of us saying that’s the […]

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In the News

Dec 8, 2016

Hof Quoted by the Wall Street Journal on the Trump Administration’s Policy on Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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Dec 7, 2016

Farkas Joins CNN to Discuss the War in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

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Dec 5, 2016

Itani in Current History: The Origins and Consequences of US Nonintervention in Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Dec 5, 2016

Analysis: The Consequences of Egypt’s Potential Military Engagement in Syria

By Abdulrahman al-Masri

OTTAWA, CANADA – The Syrian regime-friendly newspaper As-Safir published an article on November 24 claiming that an Egyptian military unit had been deployed to Syria to provide logistical support to President Bashar al-Assad’s army. The report claimed that the Egyptian unit had been stationed at Hama Airbase in central Syria since November 12 and included 18 pilots, four […]

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Dec 2, 2016

Slavin Hosts Voice of America’s Issues in the News on the Trump Transition, the Battle for Aleppo, and Fidel Castro’s Legacy

By Barbara Slavin

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