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Doesn’t Russia’s egregious invasion of Ukraine look familiar? Whether it’s the flagrant attacks on civilians, the hospital bombings, siege tactics, or rampant disinformation, Ukraine’s parallels with Syria are just about everywhere one cares to look. However, yet another feature of Syria’s grueling war now appears set to be repeated amid reports that Russia is already recruiting Syrian fighters to join combat units on the frontlines in Ukraine.

Most of the reporting on Russian recruitment in Syria has involved half-truths, if not outright lies. While it does appear that some Syrians have signed contracts to fight in Ukraine, there is no guarantee these fighters will actually be sent there. The coverage of this topic has also missed a key aspect of who would actually be involved if Syrians really do deploy to Ukraine.

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May 7, 2021 United Nations investigators uncovered previously undisclosed stockpiles of Syria’s chemical weapons, the UN’s top official for disarmament revealed to the Security Council on Thursday. The discovery is the latest sign that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has not fully complied with an US and Russia-brokered agreement in 2013 to destroy the country’s stockpiles. Analysis of samples from storage containers at a previously declared chemical weapons facility re...

Addressing the ‘extant threat’ to peace and security posed by unresolved chemical weapons issues in Syria Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on Syria chemical weapons From: 6 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, Mr President. And may I start by thanking High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing today. I’d also like to thank the Director-General of the OPCW as always for his latest monthly report. The r...

BBC News Published image captionThe Syrian government denies that its forces have ever used chemical weapons A Syrian air force helicopter dropped a chlorine bomb on an opposition-held town on 4 February 2018, the chemical weapons watchdog has concluded. An investigative team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said there were "reasonable grounds to believe" at least one cylinder hit Saraqeb. There was no immediate response from the Syrian government or militar...

At the beginning of May, the time of spring cleaning in central Syria may have arrived. The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS hideouts in the region, and specifically the Jebel Bishri region located along the administrative border between Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, the Hama-Aleppo-Raqqa triangle and other parts of the region. These strikes took place in anticipation of a large-scale operation that the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will carry out with Russian support. Sever...

At the beginning of May, the time of spring cleaning in central Syria may have arrived. The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS hideouts in the region, and specifically the Jebel Bishri region located along the administrative border between Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, the Hama-Aleppo-Raqqa triangle and other parts of the region. These strikes took place in anticipation of a large-scale operation that the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) will carry out with Russian support. Sever...

This week while attention in the Middle East was focused on talks between Iran and other world powers to re-establish the Iran Nuclear Deal and get the

Published 16 April 2021 The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Monday released the findings of the second report by the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT). IIT concludes that units of the Syrian Arab Air Force used chemical weapons in Saraqib on 4 February 2018.Since 2011, the year the civil war in Syria began, the Assad regime has launched atleast 336 chemical attacks, using Sarin and chlorine, against Sunni civilians. The Organization for the Prohibi...