Syria Interview: Assad Blames Idlib Defeat on “Outside Powers” — “Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose”
In an interview with the Swedish newspaper Expressen, President Assad has repeated his framing of...
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Author: Scott Lucas
Iran Daily, April 17: Tehran — “We Must Stand With Russia Against US”
PHOTO: Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan (right) with Russian counterpart Sergei Shoygu on...
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Syria Daily, April 17: UN Security Council Hears Testimony About Assad’s Chemical Weapons Attacks
PHOTO: Victims of chlorine attack in Kafrzita in Hama Province, March 2014 LATEST Video: Rebels...
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US Analysis: A Clinton Win is Not A Victory for Women — It’s A Defeat for Political Opportunity
Helen Laville, Reader in American History at the University of Birmingham, writes a Birmingham...
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Syria Interview: Why Southern Rebels Distanced Themselves from Jabhat al-Nusra
PHOTO: Southern Front fighters celebrate the capture of historic town of Busra al-Sham, near...
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Iraq 1st-Hand: My Tour Inside “Liberated” Tikrit
At the start of April, Iraqi forces and Shia militia recaptured the city of Tikrit in northern...
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