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Youssef Sadaki is a research assistant at the Orient Research Center. He previously worked in international and Syrian development organizations in Syria and southern Turkey.
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As foreign powers try to identify effective and trustworthy partners on the ground in Syria, researcher Youssef Sadaki discusses fighting ISIS and Syria’s future with Saleh al-Saleh, an official from the Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo (FMAA) rebel group.
As opposition factions and government forces trade blame for making major water pumps non-operational and cutting off Damascus’ water supply, millions in the capital suffer the consequences of what the U.N. are calling a war crime.
Nearly all of the major power players involved in the Syrian conflict have a part to play in the ongoing battle for Aleppo. Expert Youssef Sadaki explains how Syria’s largest city could determine the balance of power in the Syrian war.
Pro-government forces tightened their siege of the Damascus suburb of Moadamiya at the weekend, capturing a strategic strip of land connecting it with the neighboring suburb of Daraya. While negotiations continue over the lifting of the siege, the community of nearly 45,000 grow hungrier by the day.
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