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Archives: Bashar al-Assad
![Have we Won yet? Was ISIL a flash in the Pan?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/have-we-won-yet-was-isil-a-flash-187x137.jpg)
![Syria’s Heritage, and the World’s, that the War Destroyed–From Palmyra to Castles](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/syrias-heritage-and-the-worlds-t-1-187x137.jpg)
Syria’s Heritage, and the World’s, that the War Destroyed–From Palmyra to Castles
Written by Alreem Kamal | ( GlobalVoices.org) | - - Syria's story is one that has been weaved through families from one millennium to the next. Subjugated as a Roman province under…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/169580-187x137.jpg)
Trump hands Putin gift, cancels Support for Syrian Rebels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Greg Jaffe and Adam Entous at WaPo report that Trump cancelled the CIA program to support the remnants of the Free Syrian Army…![Trump & Macron Consult on Syria Cease Fire in Shadow of Don Jr. Scandal](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/trump-macron-consult-on-syria-ce-187x137.jpg)
Trump & Macron Consult on Syria Cease Fire in Shadow of Don Jr. Scandal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - French President Emmanuel Macron and his American counterpart Donald J. Trump consulted on a number of bilateral issues on Wednesday, including cooperation in…![Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/syria-russians-alarmed-washingto-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The unusual statement from the "White House" on Monday saying that there were indications that the Syrian regime was preparing to use poison…![Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trumps-escalations-of-war-in-syr-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Escalations of War in Syria—Sleepwalking into a Global Confrontation
By Reese Erlich | (The Progressive) | - - Syrian President Bashar al Assad claims to have won the war and that he is merely mopping up remaining rebel groups. With its…![Trump accuses Syrian of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-accuses-syrian-of-planning-187x137.jpg)
Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Trump administration is making noise about striking Syria, on the grounds that Damascus is planning to use poison gas again. Trump's Neoconservative…![Russo-US dog fights over Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/russo-us-dog-fights-over-syria-187x137.jpg)
Russo-US dog fights over Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yara Bayoumi at Reuters reports on the complicated minuet being danced by Russia, the Syrian Air Force, and the United States. The Syrian…![Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/syrias-forgotten-pluralism-and-w-187x137.jpg)
Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today
By Andrea Williams | (The Conversation) | - - The Syrian Civil War has been raging for six years. It has killed nearly half a million people and left over 12 million,…![Syria: to Assad & Kurds go the Spoils; Sunni extremists have Lost](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/syria-to-assad-kurds-go-the-spoi-187x137.jpg)
Syria: to Assad & Kurds go the Spoils; Sunni extremists have Lost
By Mehmet Ozalp | (The Conversation) | - - The devastating gas attack in Syria, attributed to the Assad regime, and the swift US missile response is a game-changer for all parties…![Russia’s not Leaving: Syria is about old-Fashioned Sphere of Influence, not Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/russias-not-leaving-syria-is-abo-187x137.jpg)
Russia’s not Leaving: Syria is about old-Fashioned Sphere of Influence, not Oil
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russia is not going to yield its sphere of influence in Syria to Donald Trump or anyone else. Russia has all but won…![Will the US missile strike be the turning point in Syria’s shifting war?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/will-the-us-missile-strike-be-th-187x137.jpg)
Will the US missile strike be the turning point in Syria’s shifting war?
By Harout Akdedian | (The Conversation) | - - The US has struck the Syrian airbase used to launch a suspected sarin gas attack against Khan Sheikhun that killed more than 80…![Al-Sadr: Russia, America and al-Assad should all get out of Syria!](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/al-sadr-russia-america-and-al-as-187x137.jpg)
Al-Sadr: Russia, America and al-Assad should all get out of Syria!
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday issued a broadside demanding that Russia and the United States withdraw from Syria and that strongman…![Washington’s Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/washingtons-supreme-hypocrisy-on-187x137.jpg)
Washington’s Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Army in Idlib is an atrocity and the pictures of dead children tug at the…![Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/has-trump-deferred-to-russia-in-187x137.jpg)
Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Elizabeth Palmer reported from Ankara last Thursday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had difficult and inconclusive discussions with Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan…![Syrian Musicians Celebrate Palmyra’s Liberation](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/syrian-musicians-celebrate-palmy-187x137.jpg)
Syrian Musicians Celebrate Palmyra’s Liberation
TeleSur | - - The city and its ruins, designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 1980, have traded hands several times during Syria's six-year civil war. The 15-year-old's voice floated over…![Trump to al-Sisi: Syria’s al-Assad is a Brave, steadfast Man](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://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…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://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…![Russia/Syria: War Crimes in Month of Bombing Aleppo](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://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,…![Why Russia and Regime want all of Aleppo before Trump is sworn in](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011101613im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/why-russia-and-regime-want-all-o-187x137.jpg)