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Monthly Archives: February 2013

Women joining Syrian army, opposition forces

February 2, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

Syrian National Defense force women walk in file at a training center in Wadi al-Dahab in the Syrian city of Homs, on January 21, 2013. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)

Syrian female fighters may indicate Assad’s desperation as the revolution wages on.

Israel strikes Syria, targets Hezbollah

February 1, 2024 by Lora Moftah in Middle East.

A Hezbollah fighter stands behind a rocket launcher used against Israel.

The strike shows that the regional equation has changed.

Roadmap to 2014: Afghanistan and Pakistan talk defense, peace

February 1, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Asia-Pacific.

Any accord would be a potentially huge step towards calming this explosive region.