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HTS: Can these Islamists truly unify a post-Assad Syria?

This author hopes a state-centered ideological political agenda — as opposed to a violent global jihadist one — can succeed after years of dictatorship.

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US veterans: Didn't we fight Al Qaeda terrorists for a reason?

Some want to suggest what is happening in Syria is cause for celebration. But not everyone is ready to embrace our new, strange bedfellows.

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How Ukraine is helping the HTS militants who overthrew Assad

Kyiv has been sending drones and operators to Syria and offering more to give Russia ‘a bloody nose’

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Middle East

Set it off: How US invasion of Iraq led to chaos in Syria today

Washington torched the region and watched it burn through regime changes, Arab Spring, civil wars, and the regeneration of terror groups

Assad's fall may be the best thing to happen to Iran's reformists
Middle East

Assad's fall may be the best thing to happen to Iran's reformists

Tehran faces a pivotal moment that could shift its approach to both nuclear diplomacy and regional alliances

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Middle East

The fall of Assad is a defeat for Russia — and no 'win' for the US

We should note that for every bad outcome for Moscow here, Washington faces an equally unstable path, too