12 Mar, 2021

The Syrian Revolution’s Tenth Anniversary: The Autopsy of a Delayed Triumph
Mar 12, 2021

Sinan Hatahet | 12 March 2021 | AR | TR

Following the dramatic and quick deposing of Ben Ali in Tunis and Mubarak in Egypt, the younger and allegedly more popular Bashar al-Assad publically dismissed the possibility of himself witnessing a similar fate. Confident of his ability to navigate through murky waters and maintain a working relationship with the international community despite their previous attempts at alienation

The Syrian Revolution’s Tenth Anniversary: The Autopsy of a Delayed Triumph
Mar 12, 20212022-04-29T17:22:34+03:00
7 Dec, 2020

The Dynamic of Syria’s Return to the Arab League

Omer Aslan | 07 December 2020 | TR

For the last two years, several members of the League of Arab States (LAS) have taken incremental steps to bring Syria back under the LAS tent. Oman never cut diplomatic ties with Syria, and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain reopened their embassies in Damascus. Several other Arab states such as Algeria, Iraq, Tunisia, and Lebanon have been calling for Syria’s return to the League

The Dynamic of Syria’s Return to the Arab League2022-11-25T13:58:52+03:00
5 May, 2016

Nafi: “People must take to the streets to tell the Russians and the Americans that they do not approve of the continuation of massacres in Syria.”

Basheer Nafi | 05 May 2016

The fate of Aleppo is also the fate of Syria and the region People must take to the streets to tell the Russians and the Americans that they do not approve of the continuation of [...]

Nafi: “People must take to the streets to tell the Russians and the Americans that they do not approve of the continuation of massacres in Syria.”2022-01-31T12:57:00+03:00
17 Feb, 2016

The Syrian Conundrum and the Need for Regional Actors to Strategize

Omer Aslan | 17 February 2016

The Russians flocking to Syria, a ‘lame duck’ American President, and a more daring Iran after the implementation of the nuclear deal with the west all imply that the ‘Islamic Alliance’ proposed hastily and clumsily by Saudi Arabia deserves more serious thought than it has hitherto been granted.

The Syrian Conundrum and the Need for Regional Actors to Strategize2022-01-31T10:58:54+03:00
8 Dec, 2015

Back to the Cold War years in Turkish-Syrian relations?

Mesut Ozcan | 08 December 2015

With the increasing involvement of Russia in the Syrian conflict, relations between Turkey and Russia have also soured, and a bitter taste has been left with the recent downing of a jet. As Assad's regime has weakened, Russia has begun directly intervening in Syria and Turkey has begun interpreting the relationship between Russia and Syria as a return of the Cold War years. Russia’s involvement in regional conflicts in general and in Syria in particular led people to establish similarities with the 1950s, as it benefits from the chaos in the region and aims to fill the gap left by the disengagement of the US.. In those years, as a new member of the NATO alliance, Turkey was very concerned by the ideological and military connections between the Soviet Union and Syria. With the longevity of the conflict in Syria and increasing involvement of Russia, there is the danger of a similar scenario—possibly in a different form—emerging in Turkish-Syrian relations.

Back to the Cold War years in Turkish-Syrian relations?2022-01-28T09:06:30+03:00

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