Idlib on the Hot Plate after Aleppo. Among Its Jihadists Are 3,000 Chinese Uyghuris
The battle for Aleppo was all but over this week when the rebels who captured the eastern half of Syria’s
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Putin Pulls a Fast One on Trump in Syria, Testing His Resolve
It did not take long for Russian President Vladimir Putin to start putting to the test the provisional understandings on
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Russian Air Strikes Tell US and Israel: South Syria is Next, after Aleppo
There was no apparent tactical reason for Russia to suddenly resume air strikes in southern Syria Sunday, Nov. 26 after
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Flynn-Patrushev Exchange Slows Aleppo Violence Ahead of Decisive Ending
US president elect Donald Trump this week addressed an urgent request to President Vladimir Putin: to hold off of bringing
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Two Hizballah brigades deployed to Aleppo
Hizballah this week transferred two brigades of some 5,000 fighters to the Aleppo front to bolster the Assad regime’s concentrated
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Medvedev in Jerusalem as Putin waits for Trump
Peter the Great, Russian guided missile cruiser heads for the Mediterranean Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his prime minister Dmitry
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Comparing the US-led Mosul Operation with Russia’s Intervention in Aleppo
The similarities between the US-led offensive in Mosul and the Russian-backed operation in Aleppo are less striking than their differences.
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Obama set for Mosul battle, leaves Aleppo to Putin
The warlike rhetoric heard from Washington over the plight of the stricken Syrian town of Aleppo does not represent any
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How Far Will Obama and Putin Go in Their Duel over Syria?
The level of threats from Moscow rose to a strident pitch this week, hardly matched by Washington. Russian Deputy Foreign
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Aleppo Doomed to Become a Shiite city after Falling to pro-Assad Forces
Aleppo, Syria’s second city, may share the fate which befell Iraq’s former Sunni cities of Tikrit, Ramadi and Fallujah, namely
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