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SyriaSource

Feb 22, 2016

Top News: February 22, 2016

By SyriaSource

– ISIS bombings kill nearly 130 people in Syria– Kerry and Lavrov reach provisional deal on ceasefire– Extremists cut government supply route to Syria’s Aleppo– Kurdish militant group TAK claims responsibility for Ankara car bomb

Syria

In the News

Feb 22, 2016

Ashooh in New York Times: Provide Opposition Groups in Syria With Anti-Aircraft

By Jessica Ashooh

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Syria

In the News

Feb 22, 2016

Rosenblum in Politico: It’s Time for Safe Zones in Syria

By Todd Rosenblum

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In the News

Feb 21, 2016

Hof Quoted by Business Insider on Russian Military Strategy in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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In the News

Feb 21, 2016

Hof Quoted by The Hill on US and Kurdish Fighters in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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In the News

Feb 21, 2016

Hof Quoted by Al-Bawaba on Cessation of Hostilities in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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In the News

Feb 21, 2016

Hof Quoted by The Wall Street Journal on the US’ Ability to Achieve its Objectives in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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In the News

Feb 20, 2016

Itani Quoted by BuzzFeed on US and Kurdish Involvement in Syria Conflict

By Faysal Itani

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, June 13, 2015

NATOSource

Feb 20, 2016

NATO Concerned over Possible Russia-Turkey Hostilities

By Spiegel

In Syria, the danger of a war between Turkey and Russia is on the rise

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SyriaSource

Feb 19, 2016

From Analysis to Action

By Frederic C. Hof

Those who think that President Barack Obama does not understand the crisis in Syria ought to read his remarks to the press at the US-ASEAN press conference in Rancho Mirage, California on February 16. Apologists for Bashar al-Assad and his Iranian and Russian enablers will not like the way the president parses the problem. The […]

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