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Q&A: Ayham Kamel on Unrest in Iraq and Syria
The violence unfolding in Iraq’s Anbar province has been called the eastern front of the Syrian crisis.
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Arts + Culture: Through Baathist Newspapers, a Snapshot of Syria’s War
DUBAI – In 2010, Jaber al-Azmeh was just another commercial photographer in Damascus, working mostly with local ad agencies. Now the 40-year-old is one of the best known of a group of Syrian artists working to chronicle their country’s conflict.
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Syria Deeply Asks: What’s the Difference Between ISIS and the Islamic Front?
This week, rumors were rife that members of the Islamic Front were behind the kidnapping of prominent activist Razan Zeitouneh, her husband and two colleagues, who were taken by masked gunmen from an office in the Damascus neighborhood of Douma.
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State of the Battle: Assad Forces Escalate Offensive In Aleppo
This week activists said more than 100 civilians had been killed by air strikes in the opposition-held areas of Aleppo, an escalation in fighting in a city where rebels and government forces have been at a stalemate for months. .
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Rocketed Rubble Becomes Treasure Trove for Aleppo’s ‘Rag Pickers’
ALEPPO — Earlier this month, as fighting escalated here and government forces continued their aerial bombardments, Abu Ahmad searched for the remains of relatives who had been killed in an air raid.
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Seeking to Chart the Best Course for Peace in Syria
Does the key to solving the Syrian conflict lie in strategies for peace?
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Could al-Qaida’s Extreme Tactics Backfire?
Civilians, activists and opposition fighters in Raqqa say they are facing an increasing level of brutality from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the al-Qaida linked group whose often violent governing tactics in the city are starting to alienate constituents there.
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Syria Deeply Asks: What is the State of Syria’s Opposition Ahead of Geneva Talks?
On Nov. 22, seven of the largest non-extremist fighting brigades in Syria came together to form the Islamic Front.
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State of the Battle: ISIS Detonates Suicide Car Bombs in Qamishli
Early this week, a car bomb detonated near a paramilitary building in a Kurdish-majority village in northeast Hassekeh province.
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State of the Regime: Two Major Offensives, Oil Fields in Rebel Hands
This week, the Syrian army secured the much-contested area of Qalamoun near the main highway between Homs and Damascus.
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Chemical Weapons Convoy Faces Enemy Territory, Threat of Roadside Bombs
U.S. officials said this week that the Pentagon is rigging a 647-foot cargo ship with high-tech equipment in order to destroy hundreds of tons of Syrian chemical weapons at sea. .
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State of the Battle: Fighting Tooth and Nail for Qalamoun
For months, government and opposition forces have been fighting for Qalamoun, a mountainous stretch of land near Damascus. Situated along a highway that runs from Homs to Damascus, it’s a key strategic point for both sides, and for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which has been suffering casualties as it fights alongside Bashar al-Assad’s troops.
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Voice from Israel: Humanitarian Aid is About ‘Being a Good Neighbor’
This week, Israel announced that it would be sending humanitarian aid across the border to civilians in Syria, a bitter enemy. “We can’t sit by and watch the humanitarian difficulties on the other side,” said Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon.
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Worsening Violence Against Syria’s Women
Last week, the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network released a report that said more than 6,000 women had been raped since the start of the Syrian conflict.
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Q+A: On Foreign Fighters Flowing Into Syria
The flow of foreign fighters to Syria has become a regional concern: the number of fighters from Saudi Arabia, Libya, Tunisia and Iraq has spiked, as groups like ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra have consolidated their power and expanded their fighting forces.
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Syria’s Children, Forced to Be the Family Breadwinners
Today, the United Nations released its new report on the crisis facing Syria’s refugee children, the first such in-depth report it has conducted since the start of the conflict.
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What Syria’s Government and Opposition Will Bring to Geneva
A second round of peace talks is set to begin on Jan. 22 in Geneva. The talks, brokered by the U.N. and supported by the West, come after the first set of talks failed to negotiate a truce, or even concessions, between the Assad government and its opposition.
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Q+A: How Syria’s New Islamic Front Could Change the Game
On Friday, Syria’s six largest Islamist rebel groups declared a new Islamic Front, forming the largest opposition alliance thus far in the conflict. Syria’s rebel fighters have tried to unite before, with dismal results.
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After Four Brits Die in Syria, Questions About Impact of the ‘Western Jihad’
Last week, four British nationals were reported killed while fighting in Syria. The deaths raised questions of exactly how many Western jihad are currently working on the ground with ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and other extremist groups.
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One on One: Joe Parkinson, Istanbul Bureau Chief, the Wall Street Journal
This week, the Wall Street Journal launched Borderlands, an interactive multimedia platform using video and text to track uprooted Syrians now living on or near the Turkish border.