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Does Hizbollah’s Partial Exit from Syria Mean Anything?

  Following a report earlier this month in the British newspaper The Times claiming Hizbollah was withdrawing significant forces from  Syria , there was buzz on social media that this could be the beginning of a broader pullout or even a sign of defeat for Lebanon’s...

Iraq keeps eye on Kurd-jihadist battle in Syria

 As the latest jihadist-Kurdish military showdown eases in northeast Syria, Baghdad is keeping a close watch on a battle which threatens even greater instability in Iraq. Kurdish forces and Al-Qaeda-linked groups have for weeks fought over territory, with the Kurds taking over a...