Aron Lund
Fellow at The Century Foundation, previously nonresident associate (2016) and editor of the site Syria in Crisis for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Dec- 2019 -10 DecemberMiddle East
Russian troops enter Syria’s Raqqa, filling void of withdrawing US forces
The Russian military moved into ISIS's former capital at Raqqa in northeast Syria following an agreement with the SDF
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6 DecemberMiddle East
Esper says US pullback from parts of northeast Syria complete
The US has completed a pullback of forces from contested areas of northeast Syria, Defense Secretary Esper told Reuters on Wednesday
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Oct- 2019 -4 OctoberMiddle East
Turkey-backed rebels announce unification under ‘Syrian National Army’
Representatives of various Syrian rebel groups supported by Turkey announced their formal unification as the Syrian National Army
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Jan- 2019 -14 JanuaryMiddle East
US presses for deal with Turkey to protect Syrian Kurdish partners
US officials are stepping up diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement with Turkey to protect the Coalition’s partner in the war against ISIS
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Jan- 2018 -25 JanuaryCommentary
Will Turkey attack Manbij?
Experts discuss whether Turkey's Operation Olive Branch incursion into Syria's Afrin will also target Manbij
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Nov- 2017 -3 NovemberMiddle East
Al-Qaeda in Idlib? Examining bonds between Syria’s largest jihadi groups
Connections between al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria demand close scrutiny
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