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President Bashar al-Assad’s regime held parliamentary elections in early May in an effort to create a narrative of democratic transition and to offer fence-sitters the belief that peaceful reform was possible.

This report is a product of the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War. It expands and builds on the 2008 report on Iranian influence.

Last weekend in Chicago, NATO leaders reached a landmark agreement to put the Western alliance on an "irreversible" path out of the decade-long war in Afghanistan and re-affirmed their commitment to withdraw combat forces by the end of 2014.

As expected, issues relating to the war in Afghanistan are front and center on the first day of the NATO Chicago Summit.

U.S. President Barack Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday to discuss the role of international forces in Afghanistan over the next two years.

On Sunday, gunmen assassinated Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a top negotiator for Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) in Kabul.

Weekly updates on the unfolding political crisis in Iraq January 2012 to present.

This report provides detailed information on Syria’s armed opposition movement, highlighting where structure exists within the movement and where Syria’s rebels lack organization.

The Haqqani Network represents a strategic threat to the enduring stability of the Afghan state and U.S. national security interests in the region.

The Afghanistan Order of Battle describes the location and area of responsibility of all American units in Afghanistan, down to the battalion level, updated as of July 2012.