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Spotlight on Iran* (September 25 – October 9, 2016)

Qasem Soleimani, commander of the IRGC’s Qods Force, spoke at a ceremony held to mark the first anniversary of the death of Hossein Hamedani, a senior official in the IRGC killed in Syria. He said the Iranians fighting in Syria defended not only Syria but Islam and the Islamic Republic. He added that the main
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (September 22-28, 2016)

After the collapse of the ceasefire in Syria, the Syrian air force, with Russian support, launched an intensive air attack on rebel-held residential areas in the eastern part of Aleppo. According to Syrian state TV, the Syrian army took control of the al-Farafirah neighborhood in the Old City (near the citadel). The rebel organizations, on
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Spotlight on Iran* (September 11 – September 25, 2016)

Senior Iranian officials accused the United States of responsibility for the collapse of the ceasefire in Syria. Jaberi Ansari, Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab-African affairs, visited Syria last week, where he met with President Assad and the leaders of Palestinian groups in Syria. Iran rejected Saudi Arabian accusations that it had sent arms to
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (September 15-21 2016)

The US-Russia arrangement on cessation of hostilities has collapsed, having floundered for a week. During the seven days the ceasefire lasted (September 12-19 2016), hostilities persisted and the attempts to get humanitarian aid into the besieged areas, especially eastern Aleppo, failed. The “Joint Implementation Center” (JIC), which was mentioned in the Kerry-Lavrov communique, did not
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (September 8-14, 2016)

On September 9, 2016, United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that they had achieved an arrangement for the cessation of hostilities in Syria. The arrangement came into effect on September 12 (the start of the Moslem festival of Eid al-Adha) at 19:00. Even if the agreement leads
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The American-Russian Arrangement for a Cessation of Hostilities in Syria: Overview and Initial Assessment

On September 9, 2016, American Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a joint press conference in Geneva. They announced they had reached an arrangement for a sustainable cessation of hostilities in Syria. It was reached after months of American-Russian contacts led by Kerry and Lavrov.
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