Tuesday, December 10, 2024

FROM 2012: What Russia Fears in Syrian Conflict

 

FROM 2012: What Russia Fears
in Syrian Conflict


Three years before it intervened in Syria, Russia feared an Islamist takeover in Damascus would lead to widespread chaos in the region, like a new Afghanistan in the Levant, reported Joe Lauria in 2012. 
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Chris Hedges Report: Stories From the Center of the World


Jordan Elgrably discusses new fiction about the Middle East by 25 authors whose tales offer a nuanced and substantive portrayal of the region. 
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AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Syria Now


The Assad family regime, sustained by force, was destined to collapse and the infighting between the various armed militias now may produce a situation not unlike Afghanistan. 
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