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Is Syria’s leader Ahmed al-Sharaa a master geopolitical chess player? - analysis

Ahmed al-Sharaa has proven to be an adept player of geopolitical chess. Now he will be tested on his ability to win the peace in Syria.

 Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa delivers a speech on the first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2025.
 Soldiers from the Syrian Democratic Forces stand in front of the detainees before the first exchange operation between the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government in Aleppo, Syria, April 3, 2025.

Syria's government faces pivotal moment against SDF, as it retakes largest oil field - analysis

A Kurdish internal security forces member stands guard with a weapon as Syrian Kurds attend a protest in solidarity with the people in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in Aleppo, in Hasakah, Syria January 7, 2026.

After Kurdish forces were expelled from Aleppo, Kurds fear new Syrian offensive - analysis

Members of the Syrian Civil Defence work to extinguish a fire after shelling amid renewed clashes between the Syrian army and the Syrian Democratic Forces in Aleppo, Syria, January 8, 2026.

Thousands protest in northeast Syria over expulsion of Kurdish fighters from Aleppo


Israeli Defense Minister: Assad is a butcher who must be removed from power

"Instead of focusing on the fact that 500 people are killed in Syria every day, the international community would rather criticize Israel," says DM.

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaking in Eilat at Limmud FSU conference Thursday night

Rebel brigades check loyalist advances in Aleppo

Hezbollah-back forces loyal to Assad are stopped by rebel fighters in main Syrian city; human rights leaders fears bloodshed.

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Syrian rebels to tell West: Arm us, or Assad gains

Assad opposition to use planned meeting with officials to accelerate military aid from West.

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UN report says 93,000 killed in Syrian conflict

Death toll averages more than 5,000 a month since July, according to UN human rights office; fears over Aleppo heighten.

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Analysis: New urgency for Obama’s Syria choices

Forewarnings of an assault by Assad on Aleppo echo the daunting days before Gaddafi descended on Benghazi.

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Syrian war enters new phase but no end in sight

Alarmed by Assad's swift advances and hoping to turn the tide, Washington might decide later this week on whether to start arming the rebels.

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UK says informs UN of more Syria chemical attacks

Britain informs use of suspected chemical weapons by Syrian government in March and April.

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'Assad has enough sarin to wipe out Damascus'

Exiled Syrian chemical arms scientist discusses Assad's arsenal, says he has used small quantities of sarin to stop rebel advances.

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Rebels kidnap, terrorize Syrian public

Aleppo resident recounts detainment with Free Syrian Army; brutal tactics rampant amid third year of violence.

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Syrian rebels making homemade gas masks

Masks made from container, coal, cotton soaked in soda; rebels say alerts of imminent use of chem. weapons by regime are more frequent.

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