by Vanessa Beeley, published on Vanessa’s Substack, June 4, 2024 At approximately 00.20 on the 3rd of June 2024 Israel again violated Syrian airspace to target sites in the vicinity of Aleppo, northern Syria. The Israeli jets entered Syrian air-space via Jordan and the illegal U.S. military base at Al …
Read More »Whose War is the US Fighting in Syria, and Why?
by Daniel Larison, published on Responsible Statecraft, August 26, 2022 U.S. forces in Syria have been carrying out strikes against “Iran-backed” militias this week in response to a recent drone attack on the American base at Tanf and rocket attacks at two other bases in northeastern Syria. The first U.S. …
Read More »Erdogan’s Margin of Maneuvering is Narrowing Because NATO Has Not Offered Him Anything New
by Steven Sahiounie and Basma Qaddour, published on Mideast Discourse, July 11, 2022 The battlefields in Syria are quiet, but the conflict is far from resolution. Despite the lack of focus on Syria by the US, EU and NATO, there are still developments in the region and among the various …
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