The second round of Syria’s Constitutional Committee meetings in Geneva has broken up without agreement, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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Israel bombed nearly two dozen targets in Syria last week that it said were used by mainly Iranian forces
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After announcing that it would be withdrawing its troops from Syria, the US has now sent back its forces to control the oil-producing area east of the Euphrates River, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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The Syrian Constitutional Committee tasked with drafting a new constitution for Syria is unlikely to achieve sustainable results,
writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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The committee tasked with drafting a new Syrian constitution met in Geneva this week against a background of mutual accusations and recrimination, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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The most conspicuous outcome of the interplay of events in northern Syria is that Bashar Al-Assad has recovered a third of the country without firing a single shot
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The ceasefire agreed between the US and Turkey after the invasion of northeast Syria by Turkish forces is unlikely to serve the interests of the local population, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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With over 200,000 Syrians displaced by the current Turkish military operation in northern Syria, another humanitarian catastrophe is in the making, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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The formation of a New National Army in Syria was announced this week, bringing together various opposition factions, writes
Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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Syrian Kurdish forces under US protection are supplying the Syrian regime with oil and gas despite the existence of US and European sanctions, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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The first meeting of the Constitutional Committee tasked with overseeing a new Syrian constitution took place this week, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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Basic principles need to be agreed by all the parties before a Constitutional Convention can be set up in Syria to draft a new constitution for the country as it emerges from civil war, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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The value of the Syrian currency has been falling further against the dollar, with inflation in excess of one thousand per cent being recorded since the outbreak of the conflict in the country, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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Many unanswered questions loom as battles continue for control of the northern Syrian province of Idlib
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The 13th round of the Astana Talks on Syria in the Kazakh capital of Nur Sultan saw few results apart from a weakly enforced ceasefire in Idlib in northern Syria
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Air attacks are continuing on the opposition-held Idlib province in northern Syria, with the Syrian government apparently determined to bring it to heel
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Some Syrian Kurds have denied reports that they have been selling oil from areas under their control through an Israeli middleman
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Limited process may be being made to set up a committee to draft a post-conflict constitution for Syria, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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This month’s vast seizure of drugs from Syria has underlined the criminal character of the Syrian regime and its allies, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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Could the Islamic State be entering a latent state following the military campaigns against it in Syria and Iraq
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