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SyriaSource

Feb 12, 2016

Top News: February,12 2016

By SyriaSource

Major powers agree to plan for cessation of hostilities in SyriaSyria task force hopes for humanitarian accessCarter says UAE will put special forces in SyriaTurkey says 100,000 refugees in border camps inside SyriaTurkish Prime Minister Davutoglu signals Turkish action after fall of Aleppo corridor

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In the News

Feb 12, 2016

Hof Quoted by Business Insider on Assad’s Strategy in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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Syria

In the News

Feb 12, 2016

Hof Quoted by McClatchy on Role of the Nusra Front in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

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Event Recap

Feb 12, 2016

Inside the Sieges: The Scope and Implications of Besieged Syria

By Rafik Hariri Center

On February 10, 2016 the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a panel of distinguished experts for a discussion on “Inside the Sieges: The Scope and Implications of Besieged Syria.” Hariri Center Senior Fellow Faysal Itani was joined by Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) Protection Officer Dr. Mohamed Katoub, The Syria […]

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SyriaSource

Feb 12, 2016

Military Conscription: A Tool to Strengthen the Baathist State

By Hasan Arfeh

On November 3, 2012, I took a cab headed to the Lebanese capital of Beirut. I carried a light bag in preparation of repetitive searches through numerous regime checkpoints. I fled Syria because the Syrian army had drafted me for service. I choose to flee my homeland instead of fighting my countrymen.

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In the News

Feb 12, 2016

Slavin Hosts Voice of America Program Issues in the News to Discuss Munich Security Conference, Syria, Russia, and US Politics

By Barbara Slavin

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New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

Libya Remains a Weak Link in Effort to Curb Migrant Flow into Europe

By Ashish Kumar Sen

NATO deploys ships to Aegean Sea to counter human trafficking between Turkey and Greece NATO’s decision to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea in an attempt to deter the smuggling of migrants from Turkey into Greece focuses on just one aspect of the problem; to Europe’s south, in Libya, a well-established human-trafficking network continues to […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

Questions to Consider as NATO Responds to Migrant Crisis

By Steven Horrell

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s February 11 announcement that NATO has agreed to a proposal from Germany, Greece, and Turkey to assist with the refugee and migrant crisis in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas is an important response to a refugee crisis that has enormous implications for Europe. NATO’s naval response, however, opens up […]

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In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Itani Quoted by Wall Street Journal on US’ Hesitation in Syria and Russian Relations

By Faysal Itani

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In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Hof Quoted by The Wall Street Journal on Potential Escalation of Violence in the Middle East

By Frederic C. Hof

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