Elections in Syria: Forgetting Old Resentments?

... Andrey Kortunov, Julien Barnes-Dacey: First Aid: How Russia and the West Can Help Syrians in Idlib An excessive US appetite for sanctions may hurt the interests of its regional allies, which will displease the latter (and not always tacitly). At the moment,... ... positions, build up links with previously inaccessible actors, and make attempts to go beyond the existing restrictions. *** Bashar al-Assad sent a message to the whole world that he is ready for a new stage. The world is no longer what it was a decade ...