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The group chat catching fleeing ISIS fighters | Popular Front

January 19, 2019January 22, 2019 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

I was a guest on Jake Hanrahan’s podcast Popular Front last week to discuss low-tech ways that non-government forces are catching Islamic State group fighters on the run from their collapsed ‘caliphate’ in Syria and Iraq. Listen to the episode here:

 

As clock ticks, little progress visible on Idlib deal | AFP

October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[A joint piece with colleague Tony Gamal Gabriel, published here on October 4, 2018]

The clock is ticking to implement a Russian-Turkish deal for the Syrian rebel region of Idlib, but its terms remain hazy and little has changed on the ground.

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Confusion among Syria rebels as Idlib deadline nears | AFP

October 1, 2018October 2, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[A joint piece with Beirut’s Deputy Bureau Chief Layal Abou Rahal, published here on October 1, 2018]

With a deadline for establishing a demilitarised zone around Syria’s Idlib inching closer, confusion and apprehension is rife among Turkish-backed rebels who fear it will cost them their last stronghold.

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Live from Idlib, an American broadcasts from Syria’s last rebel zone | AFP

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on September 23, 2018]

Beirut (AFP) – Pointing to a green screen as if presenting a weather forecast, Bilal Abdul Kareem analyses the Turkish-Russian deal over Syria’s Idlib, broadcasting in his native English from inside the war-torn country’s last rebel stronghold.

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As Syria rebels quit Douma, questions linger over detainees, activists | AFP

April 13, 2018April 16, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on April 13, 2018]

Damascus (Syria) (AFP) – As Syrian rebels evacuate their holdout town of Douma, hope is dwindling that four iconic activists and hundreds of others suspected to have been kidnapped there will be found alive.

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Broken by siege, Syria rebels face worse loss yet in Ghouta | AFP

April 3, 2018April 4, 2018 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here April 4, 2018]

Beirut (AFP) – The expected loss of Eastern Ghouta will deal Syria’s fragmented rebels their biggest blow yet, leaving them unable to threaten President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus and increasingly subservient to competing global interests.

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Syria rebels lose heavyweight with collapse of Islamist faction | AFP

August 17, 2017August 21, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here August 17, 2017]

Beirut (AFP) – Syria’s opposition has lost one of its most powerful factions with the collapse of Islamist heavyweight Ahrar al-Sham, which once walked a fine line between jihadists and more mainstream rebels.

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Three-way bid to boost Syria truce after Astana talks | AFP

January 24, 2017February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on January 24, 2017]

Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed Tuesday to bolster a fragile truce in Syria but rebels and Damascus made no progress towards a broader settlement to end the war after two days of talks.

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No sign of breakthrough on first day of Syria talks | AFP

January 23, 2017February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on January 23, 2017]

Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) – Peace talks with Syrian rebels and the war-torn country’s government got off to a rocky start Monday, while Washington said President Donald Trump was open to joint operations with Russia against Islamic State jihadists in Syria.

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Syria regime, rebels set for first face-to-face at Astana | AFP

January 21, 2017February 24, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here on January 21, 2017]

Syria’s government and rebel fighters will on Monday sit down at the negotiating table for the first time in nearly six years of war, the latest diplomatic push to end the hostilities.

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