Sami Moubayed

Sami Moubayed is a Syrian historian and author of Under the Black Flag (IB Tauris, 2015). 

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Russian games. A Turkish military convoy drives on the highway, between Bab al-Hawa crossing on the border with Turkey and the rebel-held town of Ariha, in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. (AFP)
Russian-Turkish patrols on Syria’s M4 highway off to bumpy start
March 26, 2020
Syria’s government makes dubious claims about COVID-19
March 12, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speak during a press conference after their meeting, March 5. (dpa)
Erdogan concessions in the Idlib talks
March 07, 2020
Mourners carry the flag of the Islamic Jihad group during the funeral of two members, killed in Israeli air strikes near Damascus, at a mosque in the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk, south of Damascus, February 24. (AFP)
Islamic Jihad rises with Iranian-Syrian support
February 27, 2020
Turkish-backed fighters from al-Mutasim Brigade take part in a training at a camp near Marea in northern Syria, last September. (AFP)
How Turkey took Syria’s civil war to Libya
February 21, 2020
Head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organisation Hakan Fidan arrives to attend a news conference in Istanbul. (AFP)
Turkey’s shifting priorities in Syria
February 01, 2020
Shielding Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu (R) and Syrian President Bashar Assad meet in Damascus, January 7.(Reuters)
Putin boldly pursues complex objectives in Syria
January 18, 2020
Bullets are seen for the Libyan internationally recognised government forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, October 14. (Reuters)
Pro-Turkish Syrian mercenaries, jihadists may add fuel to fire in Libya’s conflict
January 10, 2020
Military jihad. Syrian Turkey-backed fighters pose for a picture with the remains of a downed regime warplane near the town of Khan Sheikhun in southern Idlib, last August.(AFP)
Erdogan’s Libya manoeuvres could affect Syrian conflict
January 04, 2020
Gradual changes. UAE Charge d’Affaires Abdul-Hakim Naimi (C-R) cuts a cake with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (C-L) marking the UAE National Day, in Damascus, December 2. (AP)
Iran ties hinder Gulf normalisation with Syria
December 21, 2019
Syrian opposition representatives attend a session of the peace talks on Syria in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, December 11. (Reuters)
Latest round of Syria peace talks goes nowhere
December 14, 2019
Members of the Syria constitution-writing committee attend a ceremony to mark the committee’s opening meeting, in Geneva, October 30. (AFP)
Conflicting agendas, lack of clear timetable logjam Syria’s constitutional talks
December 07, 2019
A merchant counts Syrian pound notes in Damascus, September 11. (AFP)
Syrian currency hits all-time low
November 22, 2019
Kurdish demonstrators hurl rocks at a Turkish military vehicle during a joint Turkish-Russian patrol near the town of Al-Muabbadah in the north-eastern part of Hasakah on the Syrian border with Turkey, November 8. (AFP)
In north-eastern Syria, Kurds’ future hangs in limbo
November 16, 2019
A Syrian-led process. UN Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen (C), Syrian MP Ahmad Al-Kuzbari (L) and head of Opposition Syrian Negotiations Commission Hadi Al-Bahra attend a meeting of the Syria Constitutional Committee in Geneva, October 31.(AFP)
Syria's Constitutional Committee convenes with historic opposition involvement
November 02, 2019
Russian military police members stand outside an armoured vehicle along a road near the north-eastern Syrian town of Amuda in Hasakah province, October 24. (AFP)
Sochi deal keeps US troops, Kurds out of oil-rich area
October 26, 2019
Big winner. A Syrian government soldier raises a Syrian national flag atop an electrical wiring pole by the border with Turkey in the town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, in northern Aleppo, October 17. (AFP)
Damascus-SDF deal denies Turkey victory but at cost for Syrian Kurds
October 19, 2019
A US soldier watches as Syrian Democratic Forces remove military fortifications during the implementation of the security mechanism along the Turkey-Syria border in north-eastern Syria, August 22. (AP)
Russia-Turkey-Iran plan for Syria shuns Kurds, US
September 28, 2019
A win for Damascus? Syria’s President Bashar Assad (L) chairs the central committee of the ruling Baath party in Damascus, last October 7. (AFP)
US still absent as Syrian Constitutional Committee sees light
September 21, 2019
No solution in sight. A Turkish military vehicle is driven near the town of Maer Hatat in northern Syria’s Idlib province, August 20. (AFP)
Syrian opposition hopes dashed as Idlib turns into giant chessboard
September 14, 2019