List of Syria articles
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Mike Pompeo during his confirmation hearing to be CIA director in Washington on Jan. 12, 2017. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Here’s What the Senate Should Ask Mike Pompeo
Democratic foreign-policy veterans want answers from Trump’s pick for secretary of state.
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French President Emmanuel Macron reviews French Navy personnel in Toulon on Jan. 19. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images) Macron Needs to Attack Syria
With or without the United States.
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A Tomahawk missile launched from the destroyer USS Porter heading toward Syria on April 7, 2017. (Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) For a Second Strike on Syria, Trump Will Have to Go Big
With little to show for last year’s missile attack, the Trump administration is contemplating a larger campaign against the Assad government.
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Donald Trump tosses a 'Make America Great Again' hat into the crowd while speaking in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dec. 9, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Trump’s Syria Policy Isn’t Retrenchment. It’s Pandering.
Everything Trump does in Syria revolves around what’s good for Trump. And that’s bad for America.
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A picture taken on April 8, 2018, shows Syrian Army soldiers advancing in an area on the eastern outskirts of Douma, as they continue their fierce offensive to retake the last opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta. STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images Security Brief: Chemical Attacks in Syria; Bolton’s First Day
Will Trump once again strike Assad?
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Vara_1 Germany’s Family Feud
Family reunification for refugees is no longer a given. But keeping relatives apart hurts host countries as well as newcomers.
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Chris Gash illustration for Foreign Policy The Arab World’s Star Student
What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.
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A U.S. Tomahawk missile flies toward Syria on April 7, 2017. (Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) One Year Ago, Pundits Welcomed a Turning Point in Syria. They Were Wrong.
U.S. policy in the Middle East is being guided by Trump's doctrine of incoherent chaos. And it's only getting worse.
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A convoy of U.S. armored vehicles near the northern Syrian city of Manbij, on March 5, 2017. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Contradicts Top Officials on Syria Policy
Two events, just minutes apart, had very different messages.
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A member of the Iraqi security forces walks past an Islamic State logo on the outskirts of Mosul on March 1, 2017. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images) ISIS 2.0 Is Really Just the Original ISIS
Without territory, the Islamic State has quickly reverted back to its origins as a terrorist group.
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DeBode_topimage Seven Years of Syrian Civil War, Through the Eyes of Refugee Children
Photographer Chris de Bode interviewed 7-year-old refugees to mark the seventh year of the Syrian civil war.
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Syrian civilians and rebel fighters stand in a bus on March 26, 2018, after their evacuation from Eastern Ghouta. Assad’s Divide and Conquer Strategy Is Working
After months of merciless bombardment, the Syrian regime is now exploiting rebel rivalries to win back Eastern Ghouta.
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Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, talks with aid workers after arriving in Eastern Ghouta on March 15, 2018. (Al-Ajweh/AFP/Getty Images) Syria Is Threatening to Break the Aid World
In a nighttime ride from the Syrian border, the president of the Red Cross describes tensions between his moral principles and the country's political realities.
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People gather in Istanbul to support the Turkish government following a failed coup attempt on July 16, 2016. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) The U.S. Alliance With Turkey Is Worth Preserving
Ankara is a difficult friend. That doesn't mean the United States should cut it loose.
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U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House on May 16, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) America and Turkey Need to Step Back From the Brink
Washington and Ankara are playing a dangerous game of chicken in Syria.
