Latest Middle East Analysis

While the Syrian crisis has attracted the most attention at the G-8 summit, Russia is quietly focusing other priorities closer to home.

Jun 17, 2013 | 19:44 GMT

Syrian rebels prepare to launch mortar rounds toward regime forces on June 10. (WARD AL-KESWANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Some of the challenges loyalist forces must overcome are the same that kept them from taking the city in summer 2012.

Jun 17, 2013 | 12:32 GMT

Syria's use of chemical weapons hasn't necessarily changed the United States' strategic interest in avoiding military intervention.

Jun 14, 2013 | 01:00 GMT

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