Algeria Seeks Fresh World Cup Chapter Against Austria as Memory of 1982 Still Resonates
“Don’t try to avenge us, just play your game and qualify. That’s all.” Algeria’s final FIFA World Cup Group J
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Hijri’s Druze Militias and the Misinformation Machine Behind Syria’s Southern War
Damascus — In the arid hills of southern Syria, the province of Suwayda—a historical stronghold of the Druze minority—has been
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Role of Russia in Ankara-Damascus Rapprochement
by Hafsa Akram Moscow is promoting renegotiating the 1998 Adana Agreement between Ankara and Damascus. Following the remarks of Turkish
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Syria’s election holds few surprises after years of war
Amman (Reuters) – Campaign posters for Bashar al-Assad line the streets of Damascus, alongside those for two obscure rivals, but
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Friends or foes? Syrian refugees divided on fate of defectors
Reuters Campaigners have hailed the process in Germany as a first step toward justice for thousands of Syrians… Should former
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White House official went to Syria seeking Americans’ release
Washington (Reuters) – A White House official traveled to Damascus earlier this year for secret meetings with the Syrian government
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Bashar al-Assad — profile of a Mass Murderer
by Annia Ciezadlo They call him (Bashar) donkey, giraffe, taweel wa habeel—a Levantine putdown for a big, bumbling doofus. Diplomats, analysts,
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