Faysal Itani is a senior resident fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Hossam Abouzahr is the editor of SyriaSource. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/faysal-itani-hossam-abouzahr/rss en Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Government & Pro-Government Forces Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Faysal Itani & Hossam Abouzahr https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/04/21/at-what-point-is-a-cessation-of-hostilities-broken https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/04/21/at-what-point-is-a-cessation-of-hostilities-broken “Without some form of military pressure on the regime, whether direct or by proxy,” write the Atlantic Council’s Faysal Itani and Hossam Abouzahr, there is no way to force the Assad regime to enter into legitimate negotiations with its opponents. Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Mon, 14 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Faysal Itani & Hossam Abouzahr https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/03/14/war-on-syrias-rebels-continues-in-plain-sight https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/03/14/war-on-syrias-rebels-continues-in-plain-sight Although the cease-fire in Syria has ostensibly held for the past two weeks, pro-government forces and Russian warplanes have continued to target rebel groups across the country, violations that clarify Bashar al-Assad’s strategy and the trajectory for the peace talks in Geneva.