List of Syria articles
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Members of Afghanistan's peace negotiation team How to Close the Gender Gap in Peace Talks
Women’s representation is critical to lasting peace, but they are losing ground at the negotiating table.
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A man carries a girl on his shoulder as she holds a flag of the Syrian opposition during a protest in the village of Atme in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on March 15. ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Is One More Casualty of the Syrian War
The conflict’s impact on the world’s ability to prevent atrocities will be felt for years to come.
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Truck at a roadblock in Democratic Republic of the Congo It’s the Roads, Stupid
Armed checkpoints along key trade routes—not natural resources—are the key to financing rebel groups and insurgencies around the world.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak. Biden to Prod Putin on Syria Relief
Russia’s blockage of aid deliveries threatens to make Syria’s humanitarian disaster the worst it’s been since the war began.
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Protest against Russia in Idlib, Syria The Biden-Putin Summit Can Kick-Start a Deal on Syria
Only Washington has the carrots and sticks to steer the conflict towards resolution.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin shows Vladimir Putin his school lunch factory. Putin’s Shadow Warriors Stake Claim to Syria’s Oil
Companies linked to the Wagner group are snapping up oil and gas leases—with an eye to pumping influence, not oil.
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Venezuelan migrants stay at migrant shelter. Refugee-Run Organizations Deserve More Money
Governments tend to fund large humanitarian agencies, but small groups run by refugees are a better investment.
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An Indian soldier watches a British Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter at the United Nations' headquarters in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on May 9, 2000. How Wars End
The shifting nature of war has made peacemaking more difficult. A new kind of back-channel diplomacy can help.
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The headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is located in The Hague on April 4, 2018. Don’t Kick Russia Out of the Chemical Weapons Convention Over Navalny
Doing so would be a death sentence for global nonproliferation efforts.
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Two girls stand at the entrance of a tent in an IDP camp in Syria. Assad Regime Continues Stonewalling U.S. Aid to Syria
Syrian government is using aid deliveries as a weapon, State Department reports.
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U.S. President Joe Biden leaves after an event at the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on April 7. Has Biden Shut the Door on Open Skies?
Three months into Biden’s presidency, some consistent themes remain from Trump’s tenure.
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German emergency personnel load the stretcher used to transport Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, at Charité hospital in Berlin on Aug. 22, 2020. A Chance to Stop Syria and Russia From Using Chemical Weapons
Moscow and Damascus have evaded all accountability, but Biden can build a coalition to change that.
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A view of a damaged school building due to bombardment by pro-government forces in Kansafra, in Syria's Idlib province, on March 3. 10 Years On, Syrians Have Not Given Up
A survivor of regime atrocities explains why the international community must act.
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A man and woman carry malnourished children at a camp for Syrians displaced by conflict. U.S. Sanctions Are Killing Innocent Syrians
The Caesar Act isn’t hurting Assad; it’s harming civilians.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad attends the Arab Summit. Nobody Knows Why Syria Matters
Why is the United States still struggling to figure out what to do about the Assad regime?
