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people have died from starvation since last July; the inevitable outcome of a military blockade imposed on the camp by Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad. The purpose of the siege is to root out foreign Sunni jihadist militias, e.g. Jabhat al-Nusra, who now occupy the camp. These militants have set u
e camp, and have been able to recruit new fighters from within the vulnerable Palestinian population in order to further their goal of toppling the Assad regime. Rumors of people resorting to eating grass and stray cats and dogs while trying to avoid being killed by sniper fire or Assad's crude yet l
region dramatically in Tehran's favor, whether by killing Sunni Muslims in Syria, mobilizing Shiite Muslim militias in Iraq, providing arms to the Houthi rebels in Yemen or fomenting unrest among Saudi Shiites. Unlike the Israelis, who see the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat, the S
an Oil, Mining, And Construction Projects. The Washington Post (5/20, 10.52M) says that "as the fighting winds down across much of Syria, President Bashar al-Assad's two main backers, Iran and Russia, have been competing for influence and the spoils of war." According to the Post, "Both have been vying for contra
s down across much of Syria, President Bashar al-Assad's two main backers, Iran and Russia, have been co
0, Yaakoubi) reports that US Special Envoy on Yemen Tim Lenderking announced on Thursday that the Biden Administration is "imposing sanctions on two Houthi military officials leading the Iran-aligned movement's offensive to seize Yemen's gas-rich Marib region." Lenderking is quoted as saying, "The Hout
elections; and 6. Abolition of Article 8 of the constitution, which stipulates that the Baath Party is by law the ruling party in Syria. President Assad's speech to Parliament on March 31st was disappointing to many, who were expecting the speech to be a declaration of a new era of genuine reforms. H
president and his sons mistakenly believe that they militarily best their rival, Gen. Ali Muhsen Alahmar, whose forces were weakened in fighting the Houthi rebels in the north of the country. The impasse in the political dialogue between the government and the opposition explains the increase in the lev
Mike Pompeo meeting with Taliban delegation in Qatar in September 2020 Trump ordered missile strikes in April 2O17 and in April 2018 against the Assad regime in Syria, in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun and Douma chemical attacks, respectively.[S9'1[392] In December 2018, Trump declared "we have
rmining the struggle against ISIS, and spurring a humanitarian catastrophe".139814-ni Iran After an Iranian missiles test on January 29, 2017, and Houthi attacks on Saudi warships, the Trump administration sanctioned 12 companies and 13 individuals suspected of being involved in Iran's missile progra
d. Syrians are facing continued repression by the Assad Government and a stalled economy that has been h
es the country's long-standing economic, political, and social challenges. Recent press reports of the interception of Iranian weapons' shipments to Houthi rebels in the north of Yemen are problematic for Yemen and point to Iran's interest in destabilizing Saudi Arabia, Yemen's neighbor to the north. M
Entities connected to both Bashar al-Assad and Houthi

Barack Obama
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George W. Bush
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United States
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Lebanon
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Tehran
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Bill Clinton
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Damascus
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Yemen
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Hosni Mubarak
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Middle East
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Cairo
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Tunisia
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Marc Rich
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Saddam Hussein
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Vladimir Putin
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Hillary Clinton
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Jerusalem
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