The Post-Obama Syrian Playbook
The current president is right that America can’t win the war against Bashar al-Assad. Here’s how his successor can avoid defeat.
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The current president is right that America can’t win the war against Bashar al-Assad. Here’s how his successor can avoid defeat.
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An unexpected turn after a clash between Free Syrian Army forces and Jabhat al-Nusra fighters offers a window into who’s really winning hearts and minds.
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Assad hopes to turn Homs into a symbol of his government's resurgent fortunes — but it might end up as an icon of his utter brutality.
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The refugees arriving in Europe are just the tip of the iceberg: Millions of internally displaced Syrians are struggling to survive, even those seen as a potential fifth column in government-controlled areas.
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Russia and Iran's intervention in Syria gets all the attention, but many in the country’s majority sect are still fighting for the government. They may hold the key to Syria’s future.
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Maamoun Abdulkarim works for Bashar al-Assad’s government, but he says he serves a much higher purpose — saving his country’s culture from anyone who threatens it.
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The hollowing-out of Syria’s middle class is leaving behind a dangerous vacuum — and forcing Russia and Iran to step in to bolster Assad’s depleted ranks.
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In the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, residents and soldiers are thankful for Moscow’s intervention -- and are looking forward to a bombing campaign that strikes at all their enemies.
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As Obama tries to seize on the momentum of the nuclear deal, he’s going to find changing the Arab world is easier said than done.
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Aid organizations are billions of dollars short of their funding requirements, and even the most effective groups are struggling to sustain interest in what seems to be a never-ending crisis.
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