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Event Recap

Mar 29, 2024

Launching the Syria Strategy Project

By
JP Reppeto and Charles Johnson

On March 18, 2024, the Atlantic Council’s Syria Project, the Middle East Institute’s Syria Program, the European Institute of Peace, and Madaniya Civil Society Network launched the Syria Strategy, an intensive process of engagement with subject matter experts and policymakers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East to develop a holistic strategy to […]

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Conflict

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Content

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2016

US’ Syria Policy ‘Paralyzed’ by Rhetoric that Assad Must Go, Says Hagel

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Former Defense Secretary also has advice for presidential candidates: don’t divide America Former Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, thinks that the Obama administration has become “paralyzed” by its rhetoric that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down, said budget cuts have pushed the United States “perilously close” to being unable to maintain its military dominance, […]

Iran Russia

MENASource

Same US Policy, Different Syria

By Faysal Itani

Critics have called the Obama Administration’s Middle East policy inconsistent and confused, but in occasional speeches and interviews, President Barack Obama makes clear his core views on US policy in the region. His 2016 State of the Union speech was one such occasion.

Syria

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Oct. 5, 2015

NATOSource

Jens Stoltenberg: NATO’s Role in Fighting Terrorism

By Jens Stoltenberg, Newsweek

NATO is at the forefront of the fight against international terrorism. The aim of its biggest-ever operation was to deny safe haven to international terrorists in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Iraq

SyriaSource

Top News: January 13, 2016

By SyriaSource

– Pentagon considers plan to train fighters in Syria– UN relief official calls for ‘immediate’ end to blockades in Syria– Syrian opposition coordinator says US clearly backtracked over Syria – Syria rebels to cede heavy weapons in Homs deal– Sunni mosques in east Iraq attacked after ISIS-claimed blasts– Turkey identifies the Syrian bomber behind the Istanbul […]

Syria

In the News

Chuck Hagel on US Syria Policy

By Atlantic Council

Defense News features the Atlantic Council event “Reflections of a Former Secretary of Defense,” quoting Atlantic Council Distinguished Statesman and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on US Syria policy:

Syria

SyriaSource

Jan 12, 2016

Russia Targeting Civilians to Support Syrian Regime’s Advance in Northern Syria

By Saleem al-Omar

On December 22, Russian warplanes launched ten air raids against three northern Syrian villages in close proximity to one another: Bidama in western Idlib and Shahroura and Ain al-Ghazal in Latakia. These strikes killed 10 civilians, including four children and two women, and displaced hundreds of local families, turning the villages into ghost towns, according […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Jan 12, 2016

Top News: January 12, 2016

By SyriaSource

– Aid convoys reach besieged Syrian communities; some residents need medical evacuation– Syria army enters rebel bastion in Latakia province– Putin says premature to speak of asylum for Assad– Iraq rocked by three major suicide bombings– Ten dead, 15 wounded in Istanbul tourist district explosion

Syria

SyriaSource

Jan 11, 2016

The Toll of Russian Air Strikes on Kafr Nboudha

By Natasha Hall

Since their start at the end of September 2015, Russian air strikes have displaced over a quarter million Syrians. According to Amnesty International, civilian harm attributable to Russia is on the rise. “We ran for our lives. We didn’t get to take anything with us. No blankets, nothing,” said Fatima, who fled Kafr Nboudha in […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Jan 11, 2016

Top News: January 11, 2016

By SyriaSource

– Aid heads for starving Syrian town Madaya– Toll in Russia raids on Nusra Front-run Syria jail rises to 81– Nusra Front briefly abducts prominent media activists– Syria regime advances on rebels’ main Latakia stronghold – Iraq forces evacuate hundreds of civilians from Ramadi– Turkey plans to issue work permits for Syrians

Syria

In the News

Jan 11, 2016

Hellyer: Why ISIS Cannot Be Negotiated With

By H.A. Hellyer

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow H.A. Hellyer writes for Defense One on how ISIS contrasts with historical terrorist organizations:

Iraq Syria

Experts

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Amany Qaddour

Nonresident Fellow, Syria Project

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Diana Rayes

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Staff

Elise Baker

Senior Staff Lawyer, Strategic Litigation Project

Civil Society Extremism

Fellow

Nicholas Blanford

Arabic Conflict

Fellow

Alia Brahimi