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Syria's Sharaa makes moves toward Abraham Accords to reduce Turkish influence
While Erdogan is doing everything to delegitimize Israel, any agreement between Israel and Syria "also undermines Turkey’s ...
As U.S. Warms Ties With Syria, What Does It Expect?
President Trump signed an executive order this week lifting most sanctions on Syria. Ahead of that action, U.S. officials ...
Syria Direct5d
Turkey in Syria: Temporary necessity turned permanent presence?
As Turkish-linked commanders with dubious human rights records are commissioned as officers and appointed to top military ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)1d
What U.S. Diplomats Thought After Meeting Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-Statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa
Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...
Defending Islam, dying for Islam: What the suicide attack on the church of Mar Elias portends for Syria
Syrian authorities were quick to condemn last month’s suicide attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of Mar Elias, which left 25 ...
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With Iran in decline, can Israel and Turkey align on Syria deconfliction?
Much has yet to be resolved in the deconfliction talks between Turkey and Israel over Syria, but analysts and former ...
How Syrian Government Forces and Factions Are Linked to the Mass Killings of Alawites
Each commander received an army division and a rank, and they pledged to integrate their factions into the new Syrian army. In theory, al-Sharaa dissolved his militia, formerly known as Hayat Tahrir ...
Turkey, Syrian armies thwart ISIS plot to assassinate Ahmed al-Sharaa
The Syrian army and Turkish intelligence agencies foiled an assassination attempt on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa earlier this month, according to a Sunday report by Lebanese outlet LBCI.An ...