Russia Also Grinds the Chinese Axe by Targeting Uyghurs in Syria. Ankara’s Stake
Ever since Russia began its air strikes in Syria on Sept. 30, the obscure northern town of Jisr Al-Shughur, near
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Alawites
Bashar Assad’s Backing from Iran and His Own Sect Is Melting Away
President Bashar Assad's shrinking support in his clan’s political heartland city of Latakia in western Syria is being further worn
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Is Assad Turning Coat again for a Deal with ISIS to Save His Regime?
Never short of conspiracy theories – some of the most ludicrous of which have actually come to pass – the
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Assad & Tehran Veto Allawite State, Druzes Join up with… al Qaeda
Until recently, the conventional wisdom among Western and Middle East experts on Syria was that the Assad clan and its
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US, Russian Areas of Influence Take Shape in Syria – as Moscow Connives with Tehran
Quite unintentially, US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin find themselves landed with competing areas of influence in
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Assad will fight from new mountain fortress if civil war engulfs Syria
As Arab League monitors fail in their mission to curb brutal regime violence in Syria and the ten-month popular defiance
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The Assads Prepare to Fight on from Alawite Mountain Stronghold
If a full-scale civil war erupts in Syria – and the nine-month old uprising is veering in that direction –
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Cracks in Assad Clan, President Spurned by Brother and Ruling Alawites
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his younger brother Gen. Ali Maher Assad, commander of the Army's 4th Division and the
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