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In the News

Apr 9, 2018

Itani Quoted in Defense One on U.S. Opinions About Syria’s Attack

By Faysal Itani

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Syria

In the News

Apr 9, 2018

Itani in New York Times: Bashar al-Assad Knows What He Can Get Away With

By Faysal Itani

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Syria

In the News

Apr 9, 2018

Itani Quoted in The Atlantic on U.S. Policy on Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Syria

In the News

Apr 9, 2018

Hof Quoted in Financial Times on Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attack

By Frederic C. Hof

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Syria

SyriaSource

Apr 9, 2018

Assad’s Chemical Attack: Why Now?

By Hossam Abouzahr & Tarek Radwan

World leaders once again accused the Syrian regime of resorting to a chemical weapons attack, killing dozens in Douma on April 8. While the regime regularly uses chlorine—a choking agent that causes respiratory problems, vomiting, and death—this attack involved something deadlier. Witnesses described symptoms that mirror those who fell victim to sarin gas, but this […]

Syria

In the News

Apr 9, 2018

Dungan Quoted in The Washington Post on Macron and Syria Chemical Weapons

By Nicholas Dungan

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In the News

Apr 9, 2018

Bechev in The American Interest: Less Than Meets the Eye

By Dimitar Bechev

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Syria
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New Atlanticist

Apr 9, 2018

Syria: John Bolton’s First Crisis

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Syria presents newly minted US National Security Advisor John Bolton with his first foreign policy crisis. On April 9, hours after US President Donald J. Trump vowed Bashar al-Assad’s regime will pay a “big price” for an alleged chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Damascus suburb, unidentified jets were reported flying over Lebanon and the […]

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In the News

Apr 8, 2018

Hof Quoted in The New Yorker on Syria’s Chemical-Weapons Attack

By Frederic C. Hof

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Syria

In the News

Apr 8, 2018

Simakovsky Quoted in USA Today on Air Strikes in Syria

By Mark Simakovsky

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Syria

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