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Hassan Hassan

Russia holds the key to nearly half of Syria – and with it, the power to keep Iranian dominance at bay

The regime and its allies now have to deal with foreign powers who are present or hold interests in the areas they intend to attack, writes Hassan Hassan

May 30, 2018

US military has shifted personnel and equipment in recent months from Iraq to Afghanistan, where fighting against ISIS affiliates is being stepped up / US Air Force via AP

ISIS has stepped up its campaigns in Yemen, Egypt and Afghanistan. The coalition fighting it should be worried

After losing territory in Iraq and Syria, the group's affiliates have been recalibrating with renewed vigour in other countries, writes Hassan Hassan

May 23, 2018

ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi spread the group's warped ideology through reading lists and pamphlets / AP

The twisted book club: how terrorist groups like ISIS use reading lists to teach their ideology

Extremists encourage their followers to read original religious texts by proxy so they can selectively adapt them to suit their purposes, writes Hassan Hassan

May 16, 2018

US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani giving separate statements / Reuters

Iran nuclear deal: a thought-out strategy is still lacking

Fresh thinking about Iran’s role in the region, especially given the heightened fears of the threats emanating from Iran and its proxies, might prompt a new approach, says Hassan Hassan

May 9, 2018

Fighters from Jabhat Al Nusra, now known as Hayat Tahrir Al Sham, in 2014. Khalil Ashawi / Reuters

Idlib is now in Ankara's crosshairs as it tries to secure its borders

Hayat Tahrir Al Sham's dominance in northwestern Syria is interfering with Turkey's plans to create loyalist forces to keep the YPG at bay, writes Hassan Hassan

May 2, 2018

A Qatari woman walks in front of the city skyline in Doha. The US military says it has halted some military exercises with Gulf countries over the ongoing diplomatic dispute targeting Qatar. Kamran Jebreili / AP

How Qatar made a conscious decision to engage with extremist groups

Qatar made terrorist groups stronger as it sought to establish itself as an intermediary, writes Hassan Hassan

May 1, 2018

<p>US soldiers on patrol in a rural village near a coalition outpost in western Iraq after pushing ISIL fighters out of the area / AP</p>

The ISIS triangle which allows militants to disappear calls for a joint operation between Iraq, Syria and the US

The critical point where the river, deserts and Syrian-Iraq border meet is being exploited by lurking sleeper cells, writes Hassan Hassan

April 25, 2018

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service making the victory gesture as members hold the black ISIS flag upside down outside the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul after the area was retaken in June last year. Fadel Senna / AFP

We have not yet seen the full impact of ISIS sleeper cells coming back to life

As its pamphlet shows, the extremist group is reforming underground with new tactics to inflict fresh damage in Iraq and Syria, writes Hassan Hassan

April 18, 2018

US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley votes in favour of an investigation into the use of weapons in Syria on Tuesday. Hector Retamal / AFP

The chemical weapons attack is a critical moment to push for a political settlement in Syria

Assad's survival as president is now a reason for his opponents to indefinitely fight the regime

April 11, 2018

The children of Jaish Al Islam fighters look out of the window of a bus after their evacuation from the rebel stronghold of Douma in Eastern Ghouta / AFP

What became of the four rebel groups that once dominated the Syrian conflict?

In the conflict, alliances quickly unravel as the realities on the ground change, writes Hassan Hassan

April 4, 2018

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Hassan Hassan

Russia holds the key to nearly half of Syria – and with it, the power to keep Iranian dominance at bay

ISIS has stepped up its campaigns in Yemen, Egypt and Afghanistan. The coalition fighting it should be worried

The twisted book club: how terrorist groups like ISIS use reading lists to teach their ideology

Iran nuclear deal: a thought-out strategy is still lacking

Idlib is now in Ankara's crosshairs as it tries to secure its borders

How Qatar made a conscious decision to engage with extremist groups

The ISIS triangle which allows militants to disappear calls for a joint operation between Iraq, Syria and the US

We have not yet seen the full impact of ISIS sleeper cells coming back to life

The chemical weapons attack is a critical moment to push for a political settlement in Syria

What became of the four rebel groups that once dominated the Syrian conflict?

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