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Should the Obama administration have made different decisions about Syria? This is what a controversial study found. Mona Yacoubian - April 2, 2018 [caption id="attachment_71701" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Civilians flee from reported regime airstrikes
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Are Russia’s 20 million Muslims seething about Putin bombing Syria? Egor Lazarev and Anna Biryukova - March 7, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36827" align="aligncenter" width="908"] The full moon of July, 29,
A provocative article says the Islamic State is a mystery. Here's why that's wrong. - August 27, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28953" align="aligncenter" width="908"] In this June 23, 2014, file
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Syria Slides into the Abyss Joshua Tucker - July 23, 2012 The following is a guest post from Mona Yacoubian, a
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Will Assad Survive? John Sides - December 11, 2011 bq. The entrails of the Arab Spring suggest that Assad