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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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Two Years After Operation Protective Edge: Security along the Israeli-Gazan border

On August 26, 2014, after fifty days of intensive Israeli-Hamas fighting, a ceasefire was reached ending Operation Protective Edge. The operation severely damaged the military infrastructures of Hamas and the other Palestinian terrorist organizations, and strengthened Israel’s deterrence.
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Spotlight on IranSpotlight on Iran* (August 29 – September 11, 2016)

enior Iranian officials recently stated that Iran would not agree to cut off the support Iran gave through the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to the “resistance front” as part of the negotiations held with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). At least six IRGC fighters were killed in Syria during the past two weeks,
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The targeted killing of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, ISIS’s number 2 leader – Analysis and implications

On August 30, 2016, the US Department of Defense announced the killing of Abu Mohammad Al-Adnani in an airstrike carried out by the US-led coalition near the town of Al-Bab, north of Aleppo.
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (September 1-7, 2016)

The Turkish Army and rebel organizations have finished cleansing an area about 52 km long along the Syrian-Turkish border. In southern Aleppo, the Syrian Army and the forces that support it managed to take over the military college compound. While ISIS is losing territory in Syria and Iraq, it is stepping up its efforts to
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 25-31, 2016)

ISIS officially announced the death of its spokesman, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, in the Aleppo Province (August 30, 2016). The announcement threatened revenge for his death. As for the situation on the ground, after the takeover of the city of Jarabulus (August 24), Turkey continued its Euphrates Shield operation in the area west of the Euphrates
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