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Opinion: Re-drawing the Map of the Levant

The regime is now trying to lift the blockade imposed by Syrian rebels and Islamist fighters on the neighborhoods and nearby villages still loyal to Assad in Aleppo, as well as seizing the military initiative in the rest of northwestern Syria

Regime Fears Coalition Mission Creep in Syria

Moscow, Tehran and Damascus hope that fighting ISIS will help restore the regime’s legitimacy and Iran also wants a place in the new regional system that is emerging

The Smugglers Who Fuel ISIS

The jihadist group’s trade in crude is still booming despite coalition air strikes on its oil network

Obama Swallows a Strategy… and “Cracks” Appears at Core of Syrian Regime

The American president just wanted to relieve the pressure on regional and international allies, and pull the rug out from under his close rivals in the Democratic Party and his Republican rivals on the eve of the midterm elections and nearly two years before the presidential election

Syrian Sunni Tribes Unite: Statement

The tribes of Al-Mawali, Al Hadedeen and other unnamed tribal components held a conference to unite against Assad