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Ayman Aldassouky Researcher at Omran for Strategic Studies
With unreliable allies and lack of experience when it comes to local power dynamics, Russia’s influence in Syria is built on fragile foundations, writes Middle East researcher Ayman Aldassouky.
As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, Syria Deeply spoke to Abu Abdo, an antique shop owner in Eastern Ghouta, one of the heaviest-hit areas in the war-ravaged country, who has kept his business open in the face of the utmost adversity.
A month-long struggle between the two leading factions in the besieged suburb of Eastern Ghouta in Damascus ended last week when the parties agreed to a cease-fire. However, the dispute raises questions over the rule of Jaish al-Islam, the leading faction in the area.
More and more Syrian women are at the forefront of new efforts to solve local conflicts and counter the death and destruction that has engulfed the country.
Hundreds of unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Syrian government forces in and around Eastern Ghouta since 2012 pose a deadly threat to people in the besieged rebel-held area of northern Damascus.
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