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QiOSK

DoD denies US military building a new 'base' in Syria

But if reports are accurate, something is going on and it has nothing to do with ISIS

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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Washington Politics

The top five foreign influence fails of 2024

From bribes to handbags, the US saw unprecedented levels of overt and covert ops that the media barely noticed

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Middle East

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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QiOSK

US forces still fighting inside Syria amid power vacuum

Critics say there is no better time than now to extricate American troops from the country

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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