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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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Syria: Russia Dooms Hopes of UN Security Council Resolution

By Raf Sanchez and Roland Oliphant, Telegraph

As the US, Britain and France edged closer to approving strikes in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons, the Kremlin said that the West was moving down “a very dangerous path.”

France International Organizations

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, February 2012

NATOSource

Turkey Readies for Syria Intervention with NATO-Backed Coalition

By Today's Zaman

As speculation on whether or not chemical gas was used in a recent attack in Syria — killing more than 1,000 and injuring many more in Damascus — rang alarm bells globally, Ankara, along with a NATO-backed international coalition, has started to ready itself against a possible intervention in Syria.

NATO Security & Defense

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The Regime’s Chemical Warfare Calculus

By Faysal Itani

In all likelihood, the Syrian regime used chemical weapons on a large-scale last week, killing hundreds and prompting many observers to ask: With a United Nations team deployed in Damascus specifically to investigate alleged chemical weapons use, why would Bashar al-Assad’s regime so brazenly provoke a serious international backlash and possible military intervention? The confusion […]

Syria

NATOSource

NATO Members Could Act Against Syria Without UN Mandate

By Ian Traynor, Guardian

Barack Obama is unlikely to have much trouble mustering a Nato coalition of the willing if Washington opts for military intervention in Syria in response to the alleged chemical weapons atrocities by the Assad regime.

France Germany

New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2013

Parody of Democracy

By Julian Lindley-French

Aung San Suu Kyi said recently, “Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.” Some reports suggest 1700 people were murdered by a Sarin gas attack this week in a Damascus suburb. The Assad regime or some […]

International Organizations North Africa

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Aug 22, 2013

Syria: Middle East Peace and the US Credibility Gap

By Fred C. Hof

Reports of significant chemical weapons usage by the Assad regime in the suburbs of Damascus again bring to the fore issues of US credibility deriving from the disconnect between Obama administration rhetoric and action. If the regime’s use of chemical weapons is verified, President Obama will face a stark choice: either use targeted strikes to […]

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"A reaction that could take the form of a reaction with force"

NATOSource

Aug 22, 2013

France Calls for Force if Chemical Arms Confirmed in Syria

By AFP and Wall Street Journal

France is seeking a reaction with “force” if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday, although he ruled out the use of ground troops.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 21, 2013

No No-Fly Zone over Syria

By Paul Rasmussen

Last week’s meeting between General Dempsey and King Abdullah II of Jordan was noteworthy in that the subject of military intervention in Syria was not discussed. After two years of endless strategic and political debate it seems that recent events have put an end to the suggestion that the United States should intervene in Syria. […]

International Organizations North Africa

The SEA claimed that it hacked the Web sites of The Post, CNN and Time magazine “in one strike”

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Washington Post Web Site

By Paul Farhi and Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post

The Washington Post’s Web site was disrupted Thursday morning by a hacker group sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that apparently launched a coordinated wave of attacks on American news outlets.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Aug 13, 2013

Is Sudan Providing Chinese Missiles to Syrian Rebels?

By C.J. Chivers and Eric Schmitt, New York Times

Syrian rebels, frustrated by the West’s reluctance to provide arms, have found a supplier in an unlikely source: Sudan, a country that has been under international arms embargoes and maintains close ties with a stalwart backer of the Syrian government, Iran.

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Amany Qaddour

Nonresident Fellow, Syria Project

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Diana Rayes

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Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Disinformation Eastern Europe

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Elise Baker

Senior Staff Lawyer, Strategic Litigation Project

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Nicholas Blanford

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Alia Brahimi