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Al-Qaeda Supporters Lash Out At Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS)-Linked Syrian Administration For Granting New Year’s Vacation, Allegedly Issuing Holiday Greetings To Christians

On December 31, 2024, the Prime Minister’s office in the new Syrian administration, linked to jihadi group Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), announced that all government institutions would be on vacation on January 1-2, 2025, with the exception of ministries and public bodies whose work demands constant activity.[1] The office had …

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The Shadow War

A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon & Schuster, 2023). “We must possess Syria. If the thread from Lebanon to here is cut, bad events will …

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Threat Assessment of Post-Assad Syria’s Impact on Central Asia

Executive Summary The destabilisation of Syria resulting from the Assad regime’s fall, further complicated by the repatriation of radicalised militants to Central Asia in the last years, constitutes a substantial security risk to the region. Central Asian nationals’ involvement in various Syrian conflict factions and related reintegration efforts reveals the …

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Assessing Russia’s Strategic Realignment in Syria and the Middle East: Insights from Alexander Hoffmann

The shifting dynamics in Syria and the Middle East have forced a reconsideration of strategies among key players, including the Russian Federation. The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government and the ascension of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have created a new geopolitical landscape, challenging Russia’s long-term objectives in the region. To …

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