Now that Iran has struck a deal with the P5+1 negotiators over its nuclear ambitions, Tehran is turning its attention to brokering a lasting peace in Syria.
Details regarding internal disputes in the Nusra Front have recently leaked out raising questions about the future of the group.
Policymakers must act now in order to improve the efficacy of security assistance and cooperation in order to advance American interests.
Assad may be relinquishing authority over certain parts of Syria he is unable to hold or recapture, but the war is sure to drag on for some time.
Recently expelled from Syria’s parliament, the political future of Qadri Jamil is now uncertain.
Despite a newly unveiled plan to stem the violence in Syria, experts remain skeptical of the prospects for peace.
The intensification of Turkish military action against the self-proclaimed Islamic State and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party does not translate into establishing a safe zone in Syria.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s recent speech has given rare insight into his regime’s strategy and view of the conflict.
After military operations against the self-styled Islamic State in Syria and Kurdish separatists in Northern Iraq, Turkey’s strategy seems to be at a turning point.
After the July 20 attack on the Turkish cultural town of Suruç, there has been a fundamental shift in Turkey’s position regarding the Islamic State militants.












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