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Foreign PolicyOctober 17, 2018
Syria Moves One Step Closer to Ending the Civil War
Each player had its reasons for not going forward with a cataclysmic offensive against the last rebel stronghold, in Idlib.
Roy Gutman
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WorldMay 15, 2017
In Tartous, Syria, Women Wear Black, Youth Are in Hiding, and Bitterness Grows
This Alawite city used to support the regime, but most now believe Assad cheated his own people by sending them into an endless, pointless war.
Alimar Lazkani and Roy Gutman
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Middle EastFebruary 21, 2017
The Syrian Kurds and Allegations of War Crimes
Critics respond to Roy Gutman’s special report on the Syrian Kurdish militia.
Meredith Tax and Roy Gutman
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Middle EastFebruary 13, 2017
America’s Favorite Syrian Militia Rules With an Iron Fist
The Kurdish YPG recruits fighters at gunpoint, assassinates political opponents, and suppresses the media.
Roy Gutman
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Middle EastFebruary 7, 2017
Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?
This special report, which also exposes their collusion with the Assad regime, undermines their claim to be leading a democratic, open society.
Roy Gutman
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Middle EastDecember 1, 2016
A Letter From Rebel-Controlled Idlib, Syria
“Let Nusra go to hell,” says a member of the Islamic police, who are despised by the people and even by their own employees.
Ammar Shawki and Roy Gutman
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Middle EastSeptember 2, 2016
Assad Regime to Besieged Aleppo: Surrender or Starve
“It was raining mortars, some landing just 20 meters from us…”
Roy Gutman
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May 18, 2016
Iraqi Kurdish Leader Calls for Redrawing Regional Borders—And Attacks Fellow Kurds
Massoud Barzani praises Turkey’s authoritarian leader but has harsh words for the Turkish PKK and its Syrian Kurdish offshoot.
Roy Gutman
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Middle EastFebruary 10, 2016
Syrian Government Offensive, Aided by Intensive Russian Bombing, Directly Targets Civilian Infrastructure
Mass displacement increasingly appears to be the aim of the military operation, not just a side effect, humanitarian aid officials say.
Roy Gutman