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Editor's Picks
Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey
By Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t limiting his assault on neighboring Syria to…
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Turkish Call of Duty: A game the POTUS wishes he had a restart button for
By Sabyasachi Biswal The words spoken by a fictional character – Captain Price in the famous Call of Duty franchise…
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MIDDLE EAST
“Transparent war” against ghosts of war
By Theodor Zima Our technologically advanced and progressive world is literally overwhelmed by daily flows, or rather avalanches, of information.…
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As Turkish troops advance, dangers escalate
On 9 October, Turkish troops began a long-anticipated cross-border assault against the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led militia in northeastern…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds
By James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-run territory in northern Syria will likely snuff…
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MIDDLE EAST
Syria: chemical weapons use, destruction of children, the ethical vacuum
By Rene Wadlow At the heart of this growing phenomenon of mass violence and social disintegration is a crisis of…
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Breaking News
Aleppo: The burial ground of short-lived R2P
By Rocío Corrales Rayón As final call videos from Aleppo populated social media feeds leaving many wondering why is the international…
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Breaking News
Palmyra: Renewed dangers
By Rene Wadlow By one o the ironies of military strategy, the Syrian government forces and their Russian allies concentrated on…
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MIDDLE EAST
A nonviolent strategy to liberate Syria
By Robert J. Burrowes In early 2011, as the Arab Spring was moving across North Africa and the Middle East, small…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Hezbollah and the Syrian Civil War: Hezbollah’s Syria gamble
By Özlem TÜR Major bottlenecks await Hezbollah in the future due to its current position. The group’s armed role in…
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