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As international powers push for a settlement for the Syrian conflict, Syria Deeply talks with AUB Senior Fellow Rami Khoury and Al-Monitor Russia Coverage editor Max Suchkov about the prospects and challenges of a peace deal.
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.
In Damascus, war profiteers are leveraging the scarcity of burial spots in the capital to rent out graves as one would apartments, charging as much as $1,000 per year for a plot of land.
The Kurds are vital to Syria’s power balance. They make up roughly 10% of Syria’s population, or roughly 2 million people, and hold sway over a critical swath of Syria’s northeastern terrain
Syria experts are hard to find, but there are some analysts with deep domain knowledge that we turn to for a trusted take. Here are some of our favorite voices
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