Publication

Feb 2017

This report details the tactics and strategy that Iran, Russia and Bashar al-Assad’s regime used to 1) succeed in their months-long siege of Aleppo, and 2) seriously damage the interests of the US and its allies. The methods employed included indiscriminate bombing, chemical and incendiary weapons, and unrelenting misinformation. These draconian measures, however, hardly ended Syria’s troubles, as also described here.

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Author Maks Czuperski, Faysal Itani, Ben Nimmo, Eliot Higgins, Emma Beals
Series Atlantic Council Reports
Publisher Atlantic Council
Copyright © 2017 The Atlantic Council
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