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the bigger fight against Assad, allowing his forces to gain the upper hand and make tactical gains in Homs, Damascus and even the rebel stronghold Aleppo. Emboldened, Assad and his henchmen, with the backing of Iran and Russia, have repeatedly reminded the opposition they will not go to Geneva to han

u sell it to Iran. Well, we still think of ourselves as the extraordinary nation. We do too! To put it in the simplest terms, I heard last week in Abu Dhabi and Dubai the degree of anxiety about what are seen as the destabilizing actions of Iran, what is seen as a systematic program of covert action by

But he was then in the midst of a vicious sectarian war against the Muslim Brotherhood, with their power in the souks and the mosques of Hama and Aleppo and Damascus. For the Sunni artisans in the warrens of these old cities, the presidency of a peasant—and an Alawite peasant at that, hailing from a

w and Damascus have in common Editorial Article 2. The Daily Beast syria: The Lost Bequest of Hafez Assad Fouad Ajami Article 3. The National (Abu Dhabi) A pragmatic principle gains ground in Islamist politics Hassan Hassan Article 4. Foreign Policy The Arab Spring proves that neoconservatives w

ar with Israel is costly and unrewarding, a lesson that Hafez Al Assad learnt some 40 years ago. As such, as Syria's MiG fighters fly north to bomb Aleppo, Hizbollah militants - hardened by the 2006 war - fight in Homs pretending it is part of their war for the "liberation of Jerusalem". Hizbollah cl

Article 2. The Christian Science Monitor Despite Hamas boycott, Fatah fares poorly Christa Case Bryant, Rebecca Collard Articles. The National (Abu Dhabi) Hizbollah's naked aggression strips away resistance facade Hussain Abdul Hussain Article 4. Associated Press Qatar's emir to head to Hamas-rul

lected rebel EFTA00684590 fighters with surface-to-air missiles is a logical response to the persistent barrel-bomb attacks of Syrian cities like Aleppo and Homs. The Syrian Opposition, Explained There are believed to be hundreds, if not thousands, of groups fighting in Syria. These opposition grou

o something! NYT U.S. Steps Up Criticism of Russian Role in Syrian War Michael R. Gordon , David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt February 17, 2014 -- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday sharpened the Obama administration's mounting criticism of Russia's role in the esc