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Jeyhun Bayramov  Ararat Mirzoyan
Asia-Pacific

Too optimistic? Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal looms at last

Constitutional changes and unresolved territorial issues stand in the way of a lasting agreement

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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.

 Robert Menendez
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