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Bracing for an Israel-Iran Confrontation in Syria
Despite the recent escalation, the United States has options for preventing, or at least limiting the scope of, a regional showdown in Syria.
Apr 30, 2018
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  • Ehud Yaari
Protesters hold Syrian and Hezbollah flags
Brief Analysis
Lebanese Hezbollah's Islamic Resistance in Syria
The groups known loosely as Syrian Hezbollah operate with little independence from their Lebanese parent, and U.S. sanctions policy should treat them accordingly.
Apr 26, 2018
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  • Phillip Smyth
Articles & Testimony
Israel’s 2007 Strike on Syrian Nuclear Reactor: Lessons Learned for Iran
Israel’s intelligence agencies deserve praise for their role in the operation, but they must also consider what their prior miscalculations mean for future counterproliferation efforts.
Apr 25, 2018
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  • Michael Herzog
Articles & Testimony
Russia Risks a Wider Mideast War
The Trump administration may want out of Syria, but when the United States is on the sidelines, the danger of a regional war intensifies.
Apr 24, 2018
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  • Dennis Ross
Multimedia
The Syria Disaster, Seven Years In
"Atlantic" editors Matt Thompson and Kathy Gilsinan ask Syria expert Andrew Tabler to explain how the conflict has worn on for years and what the path forward might be.
Apr 20, 2018
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Multimedia
What Comes Next in Syria?
With President Trump’s strikes on Assad’s regime, the Syrian civil war is at the forefront of the global political stage. But what happens when the strikes are over?
Apr 20, 2018
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Examining Iran's Global Terrorism Network
A former senior CENTCOM advisor offers a comprehensive breakdown of the specific forces and mechanisms Tehran uses to sponsor terrorism abroad and destabilize its neighbors.
Apr 17, 2018
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  • Nader Uskowi
Articles & Testimony
How Syria Came to This
The Douma chemical attacks are only the latest chapter in a long story of ethnic and sectarian conflict, international connivance, and above all civilian suffering.
Apr 15, 2018
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Trump's Order to Strike Syria May End Future Chemical Weapons Attacks
Continuing to enforce the ban on such weapons via military action can give Washington some much needed leverage in the Geneva negotiations.
Apr 14, 2018
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Pull Troops Out of Syria? Trump Has a Point
By moving to an airpower-focused approach, Washington could avoid an unending stabilization mission, calm tensions with Turkey, and help allies with the bigger goal of countering Iran and Russia.
Apr 13, 2018
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  • James Jeffrey
Brief Analysis
Iran Is Outpacing Assad for Control of Syria's Shia Militias
Although Damascus has sought to maintain a grip over its network of brigades, Tehran is gaining ascendancy and could push more of them to attack U.S. forces or Israel.
Apr 12, 2018
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  • Phillip Smyth
Articles & Testimony
The Kremlin's Middle East Gambit
An image of imperial greatness is a matter of political survival to Vladimir Putin, which helps explain his aggressive efforts to fill any vacuum America may leave in the region.
Apr 10, 2018
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Brief Analysis
Israel Once Again Strikes Iran's UAV Base in Syria
Tehran continues to maintain significant drone forces at a base in western Syria, giving them dangerously easy access to the Israeli border and raising the risk of escalation.
Apr 10, 2018
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  • Farzin Nadimi
Brief Analysis
Military Strikes on Syria: Critical Considerations
Military action should seek to restore deterrence by hitting not just chemical weapons-related targets, but also ground and air units that are key to the Assad regime's war effort.
Apr 10, 2018
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  • Michael Eisenstadt
Brief Analysis
Turkish-Russian-Iranian Summit: Limits to a Tripartite Entente
Although any attempts at coordinated action will be hampered by historical rivalries and modern disagreements, Moscow and Tehran can still use the Ankara meeting to harm U.S. interests in Syria.
Apr 3, 2018
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  • Soner Cagaptay
  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Nader Uskowi
Brief Analysis
Trump's North Korea Talks Need to Address Syrian and Iranian Proliferation
When Pyongyang was able to cooperate freely with Middle Eastern regimes in the past, it built a clandestine nuclear reactor in Syria, so Washington cannot afford to turn a blind eye to such activity again.
Mar 22, 2018
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  • Jay Solomon
Brief Analysis
Expect Assad, Iran, and Russia to Exploit Trump's Cabinet Changes
The regime and its allies will probably try to peel away U.S. partners or take military action in vulnerable areas, so Washington should prepare to counter such efforts.
Mar 19, 2018
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  • Patrick Clawson
Articles & Testimony
The U.S. Alliance With Turkey Is Worth Preserving
Ankara is a difficult friend, but that doesn't mean the United States should cut it loose.
Mar 19, 2018
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  • Michael Singh
  • James Jeffrey
Multimedia
Brief Analysis
A Survey of the Near East: Implications for U.S. National Security
The national intelligence manager for the Near East discusses the post-ISIS 'peace dividend,' the intelligence facets of Syria's humanitarian crisis, the sectarian hurdles to Iraq's reconstruction, and more.
Mar 13, 2018
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  • David Cattler
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Russian president Vladimir Putin
Brief Analysis
Moscow and the Middle East After Russia's Election
Washington and its partners can expect Putin to pursue an increasingly aggressive regional policy that depends on confrontation with the West as the basis for domestic legitimacy.
Mar 12, 2018
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya

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Andrew J. Tabler
Andrew J. Tabler
Andrew J. Tabler is the Martin J. Gross Senior Fellow in the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute, where he focuses on Syria and U.S. policy in the Levant.
Grant Rumley
Grant Rumley
Grant Rumley is the Meisel-Goldberger Senior Fellow and Director of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
David Schenker
David Schenker
David Schenker is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. He is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
Elizabeth Dent - source: The Washington Institute
Elizabeth Dent
Elizabeth Dent is the Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where she focuses on U.S. foreign and defense policy toward the Gulf states, Iraq, and Syria.
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