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Iran in Syria: “Cognitive Empathy” and Interests
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi How should Iran’s intentions in Syria be understood? The question is all the more relevant in light of the recent exchange of missile fire on the border between the...
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U.S. Involves itself Ever Deeper in Middle East with No Clear Strategic...
U.S. Involves itself Ever Deeper in Middle East with No Clear Strategic Interest By Sam Farah For Syria Comment – June 6, 2018 On May 8, President Trump announced that he was pulling the U.S. out of...
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The Think-Tanks Bark and the IRGC Moves On
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Discussions of U.S. policy on Syria mostly revolve around two things: counter-terrorism (i.e. combating the Islamic State and other Sunni jihadist groups) and counter-Iran,...
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Helsinki Meeting Does Little to Clarify America’s Syria Policy – By Joshua...
Helsinki Meeting Does Little to Clarify America’s Syria Policy By Joshua Landis For Syria Comment – July 16, 2018 Washington analysts were fearful that President Trump would declare that the US was...
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End of US Support for Syrian Rebels Sounds Death Knell for Attempt to Roll...
Terminating CIA Support for Syrian Rebels Sounds Death Knell for Western Attempt to Roll Back Iran and Russia in Syria. By Joshua Landis For Syria Comment – July 20, 2017 Trump’s termination of CIA...
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Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More...
Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More Failed States by Joshua Landis Syria Comment – Oct 14, 2017 The renewed US offensive against Iran is not so much about its...
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Beit Jann: Myths and Reality
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi The Syrian government’s recent recapture of the last rebel-held pocket in the vicinity of Mt. Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh) near the border with the Golan Heights- comprising the...
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US Policy Toward the Levant, Kurds and Turkey – By Joshua Landis
US Policy Toward the Levant, Kurds and Turkey By Joshua Landis January 15, 2018 The State Department has turned the page on Turkey for it no longer views Ankara as a reliable US partner. Many argue...
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The Militias in Iraq, From Popular Mobilization to Political Interference
Hashd al-Sha’bi militia fighters parading after the liberation of al-Qaim village, Nov. 3, 2017 By Sylvain Mercadier and Araz Muhamad Arash The Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Shaabi in...
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By Sylvain Mercadier and Elijah Magnier After the publication of my article “The militias in Iraq, from popular mobilization to political interference”, Al Rai chief international correspondent and...
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