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The foreign policy story of 2024: The Fall of Assad in pictures
Middle East

The foreign policy story of 2024: The Fall of Assad in pictures

The surprise regime change is remaking the geopolitical face of the Middle East in real time.

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Middle East

The US wants credit for Assad's ouster

Biden officials are trying to firm up his foreign policy legacy but is anyone buying it?

Rebels seize on Assad weakness, attack Aleppo
QiOSK

Rebels seize on Assad weakness, attack Aleppo

Iran, Russia, nor Hezbollah are in any position to help prevent the return of Civil War

US to bring troops home from Iraq, but why not from Syria, too?
Middle East

US to bring troops home from Iraq, but why not from Syria, too?

Time to let the neighborhood keep ISIS in check and region in balance

Erdogan’s outreach to Assad may signal final curtain on Syria War
Middle East

Erdogan’s outreach to Assad may signal final curtain on Syria War

As Turkey seeks to join Arab nations in normalizing relations with Damascus, the US should prepare for its own departure


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Europe

Rehabilitating Assad: The struggle for influence in Syria's endgame

How Damascus could become the next arena for geopolitical competition between the region's Arab power centers and Iran.