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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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Justice Mechanisms in the Syrian Conflict: Impunity under Scrutiny

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On November 19, 2015 the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) hosted a discussion on the conflict between accountability for war crimes and negotiating a peaceful resolution to the war in Syria. Former US Ambassador […]

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Bernard-Henri Lévy: ISIS, Putin, and the Challenge to the West

By Atlantic Council

Following the tragic attacks in Paris and calls for more assertive action in Syria, Bernard-Henri Lévy will discuss the challenges facing the US and Europe in the fight against ISIS amid Russia’s military intervention in Syria. Please join the Atlantic Council for a discussion with one of France’s leading thinkers and writers, on “ISIS, Putin, and […]

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In the News

Blanford: Is ISIS Looking to Move in on the Arsal-Ras Baalbek Area?

By Nicholas Blanford

Middle East Peace and security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Blanford writes for NOW on the possibility of ISIS gaining ground in the Lebanese defended town of Arsal:

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Webcasts

Justice Mechanisms in the Syrian Conflict: Impunity under Scrutiny

By Rafik Hariri Center

Please join the Atlantic Council, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the Commission for International Justice and Accountability on November 19, 2015 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for a discussion as our panel considers and evaluates practical methods for addressing both impunity and broader international security threats in the absence of a united international stance […]

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Top News: November 19, 2015

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– Turkey’s Erdogan urges united Muslim front against terror– Obama says Assad must go; would veto bill toughening Syria refugee checks– France says Russia open to cooperation as Moscow demands sovereignty be respected– Syria army, rebels in talks over 15-day truce near capital– Syria no breeding ground for ISIS, says Assad– Iraqi-Kurdish leader says Paris […]

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Secretary of State John Kerry, Nov. 12, 2015

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Kerry Reaffirms: Assad Must Go

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Secretary of State John Kerry interview with David Pujadas of France 2.

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Hezbollah’s Winning Hand

By Fidaa Itani

Hezbollah stands helpless following the explosion at its headquarters based in al-Dahieh (the southern suburbs of Beirut) on November 12. For three years, while fighting in Syria, it has been alternating between sectarian and nationalistic justifications to legitimize its actions therein, but now finds the fighting in the heart of its territory.

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Top News: November 18, 2015

By SyriaSource

– Obama calls on Russia to focus on war against ISIS in Syria; international debate Assad– French, Russia raids in Syria kill 33 ISIS militants; ISIS stiffens defenses in Raqqa– Syria accused of attacks on medical facilities and personnel– Turkey detains eight Europe-bound ISIS suspects ‘posing as refugees’– Abadi orders an investigation into attacks on […]

Syria

In the News

Hof on the Growth of ISIS

By Frederic C. Hof

Vox quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof on the development of ISIS in Syria under President Bashar al-Assad:

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A Presidential Pardon for ISIL in Syria?

By Frederic C. Hof

Having executed an abomination in Paris while promising more to come, the leaders of the Islamic State (ISIL, ISIS, or Da’esh) in Syria may well have expected the West to shake off its lethargy and build a coalition of ground combat forces to hunt them down and kill them. But perhaps they acted with the […]

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Ömer Özkizilcik

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Jonathan Panikoff

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