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Where Turkey stands as the Assad regime is toppled

Analysis: Turkey could emerge as one of the biggest regional winners following the ouster of the Assad regime. Scenes of jubilation erupted on Sunday outside Istanbul’s Fatih Mosque, in the neighbourhood that shares its name, after Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad was ousted from power following a quarter-century of authoritarian rule. Syria’s …

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From Syria to Palestine, liberation comes from below

Joseph Daher explains why the Assad regime’s toppling in Syria is important to liberation efforts across the region, especially for the Palestinian struggle. Prior to the toppling of Bashar al Assad’s regime in Syria over the weekend, divisions within the international Palestinian solidarity movement had started to form when news …

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What’s next for Russia in Syria after Assad’s ouster?

Analysis: As the post-Assad era in Syria beckons, Russia faces a massive loss of prestige in the Middle East. On 8 December, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fell from power after a rapid-fire offensive led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group. While Assad’s ouster was widely celebrated in Syria …

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