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Analysis: As regional normalisation with Assad accelerates, Syria's two most powerful non-regime groups are offering to resettle refugees as part of a bid for leverage and legitimacy.
Analysis: Many sensitive issues pit Ankara and Washington against each other, but compartmentalising these concerns and finding areas for deeper cooperation will be critical to the health of their alliance.
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“This task force enables the United States to have less direct focus on this naval harassment campaign by building up the skills of local navies that will offset the security impact of a potential shift of US forces to Asia,” said Ryan Bohl, a senior Middle East and North Africa analyst at the RANE Network.
IRBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: Thirteen years after President Bashar Assad attended a major Arab League meeting, a Syrian delegation led by him has taken part in the 32nd summit, this time in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Assad’s participation in Friday’s summit follows Syria’s readmission into the pan-Arab body earlier this month and amid broader Saudi-led efforts to repair relations