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Archives: Syria
![Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-visa-denials-target-same-c-187x137.jpg)
![Trump to al-Sisi: Syria’s al-Assad is a Brave, steadfast Man](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-to-al-sisi-syrias-al-assad-187x137.jpg)
Trump to al-Sisi: Syria’s al-Assad is a Brave, steadfast Man (Beirut Report)
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - al-Diyar (The Lands) [Beirut] reports on what Egyptian officials allegedly leaked about the telephone conversation between Donald J. Trump and Egyptian president `Abdel…![Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq’s Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-to-cia-we-now-have-2nd-cha-187x137.jpg)
Trump to CIA: We now have 2nd Chance to take Iraq’s Oil
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship with the US intelligence community, in part over their conviction that the Russian Federation attempted to…![Even after Russia included US in Syria Peace Talks, can they Succeed?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/even-after-russia-included-us-in-187x137.jpg)
Even after Russia included US in Syria Peace Talks, can they Succeed?
By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - The Middle East keeps going its way as usual, continuously creating global news headlines. Two such current and hot news events are the…![Is the next big US-Iran Conflict control of Iraq-Syria Border?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/is-the-next-big-us-iran-conflict-187x137.jpg)
Is the next big US-Iran Conflict control of Iraq-Syria Border?
Mustafa Habib| (Niqash.org) | - - The border of Syria and Iraq looks likely to be the next testing ground for the newly conciliatory – yet unsteady – relationship between Iran and…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trumpme-1-187x137.jpg)
America’s Major Challenges in Middle East Policy, 2017
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The incoming Trump administration is riven by a profound division between those determined to avoid deep entanglements in the Middle East, such as…![Top Six Mideast Stories of 2016 that Shaped our World](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/top-six-mideast-stories-of-2016-187x137.jpg)
Top Eight Mideast Stories of 2016 that Shaped our World
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2016, the Middle East continued to be a major focus of the US public, and it often came up in the primary…![Syria: Now that the US has Failed, what does 2017 Hold?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/syria-now-that-the-us-has-failed-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Now that the US has Failed, what does 2017 Hold?
By Christopher R. Hill | (Project Syndicate) | - - DENVER – The end of the fighting in Aleppo will not end the Syrian war, despite the countrywide ceasefire that has just…![Erdogan-Putin Syria Bromance as Turkey accuses US of backing ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/erdogan-putin-syria-bromance-as-187x137.jpg)
Erdogan-Putin Syria Bromance as Turkey accuses US of backing ISIL
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkey and Russia are announcing they have reached a cease-fire deal in Syria. The ceasefire reached in Aleppo will be continued past December…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/148249248012938-2-1-187x137.gif)
With Fall of Aleppo, will a Russo-Iranian Middle East challenge Trump?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, the Syrian government announced that the last of those who wanted to be evacuated from the East Aleppo pocket had been…![Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren’t defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/hard-truth-aleppo-rebels-werent-187x137.jpg)
Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren’t defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Syria was in a better position to attain peace last spring, when a ceasefire had unexpected success. It would have been better if…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/5ea3f71722228ebb05459982db954ace.square-1.png)
It’s the Economy, Stupid: Ending ‘Religious’ Violence in the Middle East
Moha Ennaji | (Project Syndicate) | - - FEZ – The escalation of radicalism, violence, and civil wars in the Middle East since the so-called Arab Spring revolts began in 2010 has…![After Aleppo, Russians prepare to defy Trump re: their Iran Alliance](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/after-aleppo-russians-prepare-to-187x137.jpg)
After Aleppo, Russians prepare to defy Trump re: their Iran Alliance
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - the left-leaning Lebanese newspaper al-Safir [Ambassador] reports that the armed resistance to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in the East Aleppo pocket is…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/ealepp2-1-187x137.png)
Syria’s Aleppo Falling: The Government Russia actually Turned
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - By Monday morning Syrian time, the large and important district of Shaikh Saeed in southeastern Aleppo had completely fallen to the Syrian Arab…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/UNICEF111-1-187x137.jpg)
2016 ‘One of worst Years in History for Children’: UNICEF
By Matthew Tempest | ( EurActiv.com ) | - - Syria: Abdulaziz (in red), 10, whose father was killed in the continuing conflict, spends time with his friends at the ‘Land of…![Syria unlikely to be Partitioned: The Resilience of Colonial Borders](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/syria-unlikely-to-be-partitioned-187x137.jpg)
Syria unlikely to be Partitioned: The Resilience of Colonial Borders
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Whenever a country falls into civil war, there are always observers who suggest that the problem could be resolved by a partition of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/ealepp-1-187x137.png)
More districts of East Aleppo fall to Regime & Militia Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Both regime sources and the Britain-based Syria Observatory said Tuesday that the Syrian Arab Army and its Shiite militia allies from Lebanon and…![Russia/Syria: War Crimes in Month of Bombing Aleppo](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/russiasyria-war-crimes-in-month-187x137.jpg)
Russia/Syria: War Crimes in Month of Bombing Aleppo
Human Rights Watch (New York) – The Russian-Syrian coalition committed war crimes during a month-long aerial bombing campaign of opposition-controlled territory in Aleppo in September and October 2016. The Violations Documentation Center,…![Russian Pundit: Fall of East Aleppo a Geopolitical Turning Point toward Multi-polar World](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/russian-pundit-fall-of-east-alep-187x137.jpg)
Russian Pundit: Fall of East Aleppo a Geopolitical Turning Point toward Multi-polar World
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - By Friday evening outside observers like Rami Abdelrahman of the Syria Observatory in the UK were saying that even more of the East…![Why Russia and Regime want all of Aleppo before Trump is sworn in](http://web.archive.org./web/20170130115400im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/why-russia-and-regime-want-all-o-187x137.jpg)