Le Monde Diplo logo Le Monde Diplo 1 month ago

Road to Damascus

Hizbollah flag Yarmouk Camp Damascus, July 2008

Despite a recent diplomatic thaw, Syria is perhaps the only country in the Arab middle east that can truly claim to be independent from the US, and Damascus remains a thorn in the side of American regional ambitions. Full Article at Le Monde Diplo

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