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In the News

Sep 10, 2016

Farkas Joins BBC World Service to Discuss the US-Russia Syria Deal

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia Syria

In the News

Sep 10, 2016

Itani Quoted by Los Angeles Times on US-Russia Deal

By Faysal Itani

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Russia Syria

In the News

Sep 10, 2016

Itani Quoted by Washington Post on Ceasefire in Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Syria United States and Canada

In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Itani in War on the Rocks: What I Got Wrong About Assad’s Military Prospects

By Faysal Itani

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Syria

In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Cohen Joins Sky News Arabiya to Discuss the US-Russia Accord for Syria

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia Syria

In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on US-Russian Accord on Syrian Ceasefire

By Faysal Itani

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Russia Syria

SyriaSource

Sep 9, 2016

Analysis: How Evacuating al-Waer and ‘Other Darayyas’ Will Help Assad

By Annia Ciezadlo

BEIRUT – A little girl shakes violently, crying as two men soothe her burned skin with mud, the only first aid they can find. A little boy trembles and screams as adults try to find gauze to put on his burns. Other photos, too horrible to share, show the charred bodies of two-year-old Hamza and seven-month-old […]

Syria

In the News

Sep 8, 2016

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on the US-Russian Role in Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Russia Syria

In the News

Sep 8, 2016

Mardini Quoted by Los Angeles Times on Negotiations in Syria

By Ramzy Mardini

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Syria

In the News

Sep 8, 2016

Hellyer in The National: Appeasement Isn’t the Solution to Syrian Crisis

By H.A. Hellyer

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Syria

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