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Over the past weeks, the Russian Aerospace Forces have resumed intense airstrikes on ISIS targets in the central Syrian desert. New Wave Of Russian Airstrikes Hit ISIS Terrorists In Central Syria As Death Toll From Clashes Reaches 22…

The two wars that have taken place in the rebellious Russian province of Chechnya were in many ways the horrifying denouement of the Soviet Union’s collapse. Though confined to “a small corner of hell,” as Anna Politkovskaya, the late…

In the discourse of development, one key institution is not so often spoken about, albeit it should — it is peace, Hobbesian peace if you will, foremost within a country but, of course, also between countries. However, in the UNDP…

The European Union plans to spend hundreds of millions of euros over the next year helping refugees living in Turkey, most of them people who fled the war in Syria. The EU’s executive body, the European Commission, said Wednesday…

Syrian President Bashar al Assad visits Syrian army troops in war-torn northwestern Idlib province, Syria, in this handout released by SANA on October 22, 2019. SANA/Handout via REUTERS Throughout the past nine years of conflict, the…

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has been trying to present itself as a moderate group seeking to have its name removed from the international terrorist list, but these attempts are failing after the United States recently designated it among the…

Near the one-year anniversary of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act being signed into law, the Trump administration on Tuesday sanctioned nearly 20 people and companies over their connections to the regime of Syrian President…

Adecade has passed since the December 2010 self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor who set off mass protests in the Arab world. The wave of democratization, which began with the Jasmine Revolution in…

Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran's clerical establishment has used religious organizations to expand its clout abroad. Key among them is the Al-Mustafa International University, a network of…

Can Dundar the former chief editor of the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet poses for a photo prior to an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. A court in Istanbul convicted exiled journalist Can…