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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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Working with our allies and partners in Europe and the wider Middle East to protect US interests, build peace and security, and unlock the human potential of the region.

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Content

In the News

Jul 29, 2015

Slavin: Turkey Grants Access for US Warplanes as Syrian War Escalates

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Voice of America on the US alliance with Turkey to combat ISIS in Syria:

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In the News

Jul 29, 2015

Stein on Turkey’s War Against ISIS and the Kurds

By Aaron Stein

Bloomberg quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on how Turkey’s two front war against both the Kurds and ISIS may hurt the US focus on ISIS:

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Transcript

Jul 28, 2015

Press Call on US-Turkey Cooperation in Syria

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

{soundcloud}https://soundcloud.com/atlanticcouncil/press-call-on-us-turkey-cooperation-in-syria {/soundcloud} Atlantic CouncilPress Call – US-Turkey Cooperation in Syria Speakers: Frank Ricciardone, Vice President and Director, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council Frederic C. Hof, Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council Moderator: Samia Yakub, Associate Director, Communications, Atlantic Council Time: 9:00 a.m. EDT Date: Tuesday, July […]

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In the News

Jul 28, 2015

Ricciardone on Turkey’s Focus on Crushing Kurdish Separatists

By Francis J. Ricciardone

The New York Times quotes Vice President and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis J. Ricciardone on how Turkey’s focus on crushing Kurdish separatists complicates the fight against ISIS:

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MENASource

Jul 28, 2015

The US-Turkey Alliance Against Whom?

By MENASource

The recent deal between Turkey and the United States that allows US air power to use the Incirlik airbase in exchange for maintaining a safe zone along the Turkish-Syrian border represents Turkey’s boldest step yet in the war on the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

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SyriaSource

The Northern Syria “Safe Zone”

By Frederic C. Hof

Reports of an American and Turkish agreement to close a sixty mile stretch of the Syria-Turkey border to the Islamic State (ISIL or ISIS) and to create—to an as yet undisclosed depth—a protected “safe zone” from the border south into Aleppo Province may signal a dramatic turn of Obama administration policy toward the crisis in […]

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New Atlanticist

Turkey’s War in Syria: Of Kurds and Ways

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Deal envisages creation of ‘safe zone’ in Syria, allows US jets to use Turkish base A landmark agreement between the United States and Turkey—that allows US jets to use a Turkish air base to launch strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants and envisages the creation of a “safe zone” in war-ravaged […]

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In the News

Hof on Syrian Safe Zone

By Frederic C. Hof

The New York Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof on the efficacy of a sixty-mile zone along the Syrian border, free from ISIS forces:

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In the News

Ricciardone on Turkey Joining Anti-ISIS Fight

By Francis Ricciardone

US News and World Report quotes Vice President and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis J. Ricciardone on why, despite Turkey joining the anti-ISIS fight, a true alliance between Turkey and the United States to tackle the Syrian problem is still evasive:

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In the News

Jul 26, 2015

Hof: The Self-Government Revolution That’s Happening Under the Radar in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof writes for the Washington Post on the desire for self-government in Syria:

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Experts

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Jon Wilks

Distinguished Fellow

Arabic Crisis Management

Fellow

Beth Van Schaack

Distinguished Fellow

Human Rights International Norms

Fellow

Marie Forestier

Lead of the Syria Project

Arabic French

Fellow

Ibrahim Al-Assil

Arabic Conflict

Fellow

Amany Qaddour

Nonresident Fellow, Syria Project

Arabic Civil Society

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Diana Rayes