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Putin loses in Syria. Is Russia in retreat?

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Mar 29, 2024

Launching the Syria Strategy Project

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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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Nov 23, 2015

FACTBOX: Evolution of the Islamic State’s Chemical Weapons Capacity

By Andrea Taylor

Days after the terror attack in Paris, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told the French parliament the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) presents a “risk [to France] of chemical or bacteriological weapons.”

Iraq Syria

Defense Industrialist

Nov 23, 2015

Planes or train?

By James Hasik

Just “how can Canada best” contribute to the fight in Iraq and Syria? The Americans are bombing. The French are now bombing by the score. The British are slinging Brimstone. The Canadians will train the Peshmerga. That’s right—making good on a campaign promise, new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still intends to withdraw the six F-18 […]

Iraq Syria

In the News

Nov 23, 2015

Hof on the Russian-Iranian Relationship

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic Hof is quoted by USA Today on the Russian-Iranian relationship as it relates to Syria:

Iran Russia

In the News

Nov 22, 2015

Itani on Fighting ISIS and al-Qaeda

By Faysal Itani

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani joins Defense News to discuss the differences between ISIS and al-Qaeda and the strategies to combat them:

Syria

In the News

Nov 22, 2015

Hof on Combating ISIS

By Frederic C. Hof

The Los Angeles Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof on what the United States should do to combat ISIS:

Syria

New Atlanticist

‘Demagogic’ Anti-Migrant Rhetoric Will Hurt America

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Madeleine Albright and Stephen Hadley criticize efforts to keep out Syrian migrants The terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 have produced an alarming anti-migrant backlash in the United States. Republican presidential frontrunner Ben Carson has compared migrants fleeing the war in Syria to dogs. Another Republican presidential contender, Donald Trump, said he would support […]

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New Atlanticist

Russian Intervention Has Improved Prospects of Political Transition in Syria, says US Official

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Deputy Secretary of State Blinken says Moscow realizes it cannot sustain costs and risks of intervention Russian intervention in Syria has improved the prospects of a political transition in Damascus because Moscow “cannot risk the growing costs of its actions,” US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Istanbul on Nov. 20. Differences between […]

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Top News: November 20, 2015

By SyriaSource

– Russian strikes in Syria kill more than 1,300 says SOHR– UN votes to condemn Syria over rights violations– Saudi Arabia to host Syrian opposition talks, says state media– Turkey renews plans for Syria safe zone– Turkey seizes 11 million pills of ‘Syria war drug’– Bombings kill at least fifteen in Baghdad

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Hof: How to Solve the Syrian Crisis

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof cowrites for The Guardian on the steps needed for the United States to assist Syria in overcoming its current crisis:

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New Atlanticist

Syria Community Liaison Consultant

Shutting the Door on Migrants the ‘Worst Solution’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy says Europe, United States must welcome Syrians fleeing war Closing the door to migrants fleeing the war in Syria after attacks in Paris would be the “worst solution,” Bernard-Henri Lévy, a French philosopher and best-selling author, said at the Atlantic Council on Nov. 19. “Even if it is proved that some […]

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Jonathan Panikoff

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