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Opinion: There is a Solution for Syria in Hangzhou

If what we hear is true, the solution is based on acknowledging the status quo and surrendering to the rule of the current regime despite the killing, destruction and displacement that it has carried out over the last five years.

The Turkish Incursion in the North and its Dimensions

“What happened recently for the Turkish leadership to decide to send its tanks and soldiers inside Syrian territory and support some of the rebel groups to regain Jarablus from ISIS?”

Why Do the Kurds Insist on Being the Country’s Achilles’ Heel?

Until recently, Damascus saw the Kurds as an ally able to help pressure a wide geographical area that needed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and at the same time would constitute a thorn in the Turkish throat, which was greedy to swallow Syrian geography and people at the same time.

Iran After Russia… and the Lessons of the Turkish Turnaround

The clashes that have erupted in Hassakeh between the Kurdish PYD militia and the forces of Assad’s mafia regime may be one of the swift results of this common approach and a first indication of the new understandings between Turkey and Russia, which Iran may not be far from.

Assad and Syria’s Kurds: A Change in the Rules of Engagement

Following the recent Turkey-Iran-Russia strategic alliance, Assad sought to find a role to play in the Kurdish file, choosing to strike Hassakeh in order to be at the center of the Kurdish issue

Are the Kurds More Dangerous Than ISIS?

Today, the governments of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria act based on a conviction they are reluctant to proclaim publicly, which is that the Kurds are more dangerous than ISIS

8 Iranian Soldiers Killed in Aleppo

Disputes between regime forces and the so-called Hezbollah increased in the past two days after the fighters from Jaish al-Fatah had launched a series of attacks in southwest Aleppo

End of Aleppo’s Siege Changes Syria Talks Agenda

The regime had been pursuing a political-military plan based around extending its control over Aleppo and waiting for American-Russian pressure to hold a round of negotiations in which the regime would be the victorious party

Clinton’s plan: Overthrow Assad

It is possible to expect Clinton’s policy to be built on a review of the views of five women from among those expected to play a major role in her administration

Is There an American-Russian Deal for Syria?

Russia and Iran’s militias launched a heavy assault on Aleppo last month, allowing Iranian forces and allied Iraqi and Lebanese sectarian militias, as well as what remains of the Syrian army still loyal to Assad, to impose a siege on eastern Aleppo