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In The News honor killings

Regimes May Change In Syria — The Scourge Of Honor Killings Persists

by Khalifa Al-Khuder April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

In The News syria

What Closing Syria’s National Lottery Says About Religion (And Economics) Under Its New Rulers

by Gibran Khazal and Ammar Almamoun April 14, 2025April 15, 2025

A man wearing a camo shirt stands in front of a series of white tents.

Geopolitics jihad

Meet The Top French Jihadist In Syria: Living Like A Prince, Breaking With Al-Sharaa

by Guillaume Perrier and Daham Alasaad April 7, 2025April 11, 2025

What Is Iran's Role In Clashes Between The Syrian Government And Assad Loyalists?

Geopolitics middle east

What Is Iran’s Role In Clashes Between The Syrian Government And Assad Loyalists?

by Ahmad Rafat March 20, 2025March 31, 2025

Men in camouflage ride in the backs of trucks with guns as pillars of black smoke stretch into the sky behind them.

Geopolitics assad

A Syrian’s Lament, Assad Is With Us Still

by Zahi Nadour March 11, 2025March 24, 2025

Syria's Bloody Weekend — Why It Was All Too Predictable

Geopolitics syria conflict

Syria’s Bloody Weekend — Why It Was All Too Predictable

by Pierre Haski March 10, 2025March 24, 2025

Will He Fight ISIS? Inside Jordan's Cautious Bet On Al-Sharaa In Syria

Geopolitics isis

Will He Fight ISIS? Inside Jordan’s Cautious Bet On Al-Sharaa In Syria

by Rana Sabagh March 6, 2025March 24, 2025

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Geopolitics middle east

Iran’s Retaliation Against Israel Is An Internal Struggle With Its Own Rhetoric

by Hamed Mohammadi March 6, 2025

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Geopolitics us aid

USAID Cuts, A Gift To ISIS? Perils And Power Inside Syria’s Al-Hol Camp

by Shafan Ibrahim March 5, 2025March 24, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after addressing a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4.

Geopolitics diplomacy

Six Americans And Ukraine: The Cold Truth From Inside Trump’s Foreign Policy

by Pierre Haski March 5, 2025March 24, 2025

February 15, 2025, Rome, Rm, Italy: 500 people join the protest organized by the Kurdish community in Rome to demand freedom for Abdullah Ocalan, founding member of the PKK party, arrested 26 years ago and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Geopolitics kurds

Ocalan’s Plea: Could The Jailed Kurdish Leader Trigger A Domino Effect For Peace?

by Pierre Haski February 28, 2025March 24, 2025

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, during military training at the Military Academy of Cherchell

Geopolitics middle east

Algeria Was A Close Ally Of Assad — And Now Its Fighters Are In Syrian Jails

by Ramzi Al-Bashrawi February 24, 2025March 8, 2025

Rasheed, a refugee from Syria, is pictured at his Toronto home

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As Syria Faces New Divides, LGBTQ+ Hate Remains The Most Reliable Consensus

by Mostafa Al-Dabbas February 22, 2025March 8, 2025

Dahiye, Lebanon: Two men hold Hezbollah flags over the ruins of a bombed building. At 4 a.m. local time, the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect after months of heavy fighting that killed at least 3,500 people and displaced 1.3 million.

Geopolitics hezbollah

What’s Left Of Hezbollah? Security On Edge Amid Lebanon’s Eternal Fractures

by Tarek Ismail February 21, 2025March 8, 2025

Farid Al-Madhhan

Geopolitics Bashar al-Assad

His Identity Revealed, Syria’s Torture Whistleblower “Caesar” Is Now Under Fire

by Manahel Al-Sahawi and Hagar Farouk February 13, 2025March 8, 2025

How Arab Filmmakers Are Pushing Past Boundaries On Gender And Sexuality

Society arab cinema

How Arab Filmmakers Are Pushing Past Boundaries On Gender And Sexuality

by Alaa Rashidy February 11, 2025March 8, 2025

FARAH ARABI KATBI holds a sign with photos of her friends as Syrians take part in a Day of Mourning for lost loved ones at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus

Geopolitics alawites

Syria’s Growing Risk Of Religious Violence Between Sunnis And Alawites Of Assad Regime

by Maxim Othman February 4, 2025March 8, 2025

The Future of Syria - Scarred

Geopolitics sos children's villages

After Syrian Regime’s Collapse, Revelations Of NGO Complicity In Disappearance Of Children

by Zeina Aloush February 4, 2025March 8, 2025

In Syria, The Prickly Question Of What To Do About Foreign Fighters

Geopolitics islamists

In Syria, The Prickly Question Of What To Do About Foreign Fighters

by Manahel Al-Sahawi and Elias Kassem January 30, 2025March 9, 2025

Photo of people celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Dec. 15

Geopolitics middle east

Syria, Lebanon, Gaza: What If The Middle East Is Starting To Fix Itself?

by Ghoudai Bou Kamel January 30, 2025March 9, 2025

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Al-Sharaa v. Venus? The Islamist Obsession With Statues Is Alive In “Liberated” Syria

by Diana Itawi January 30, 2025March 9, 2025

Stones are thrown during clashes between army soldiers and protesters on Al-Qasr Al-Aini Street

Geopolitics assad

What Follows Dictatorship? Syria Can Find Useful Clues From The Past — And Present

by Ezzat El-Kamhawi January 29, 2025March 9, 2025

A Kurdish fighter walks through the wreckage of a building in the center of the Syrian town of Kobane

Geopolitics jihadists

Tunisia-Syria-Tunisia, The Human Tide Of Jihadists Is Turning Again

by Fatima Badwi January 27, 2025March 9, 2025

Syrian nationals who took shelter in Türkiye after fleeing the regime attacks in their country, celebrated on Sunday the apparent end of Assad as anti-regime forces captured Damascus

Geopolitics middle east

How Turkey Is Seizing More Middle East Power — At Iran’s Expense

by Shahram Sabzevari January 23, 2025March 9, 2025

Displaced Palestinians, taking refuge in Bureij Refugee Camp, start to return their houses after the announcement of ceasefire and hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel in Gaza City

Israel-Palestine War hamas israel

Who Won? The Gaza Truce Sparks A False Debate Across The Arab World

by Mohamed Bassal January 20, 2025March 9, 2025

Photo of a Pro-Palestine and Hezbollah rally held in Tehran

Geopolitics axis of resistance

How Tehran’s Defeats Abroad Are Starting To Boomerang Back To The Home Front

by Hamed Mohammadi January 20, 2025March 9, 2025

A deck of cards with Saddam Hussein on it sits on a plate full of coins, which is on a table of trinkets

Geopolitics saddam hussein

Why Hero Worship Of Saddam Hussein Is Stronger Than Ever In Jordan

by Hassan Zayed January 19, 2025March 9, 2025

Hamas militia members kneeling in prayer.

Geopolitics middle east conflict

Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis: What Happens Now To The “Axis Of Resistance”?

by Hauke Friedrichs, Maxim Kireev and Omid Rezaee January 18, 2025March 9, 2025

A U.S. Marine interacts with Afghan refugees at the Evacuation Control Center at Kabul's airport backin August 2021.

Geopolitics islamists

Syria Like Afghanistan? Why The U.S. Is So Bad At Judging Islamist Threats

by Mohamed Saad Abdel-Hafeiz and Elias Kassem January 10, 2025March 9, 2025

Photo of a woman holding a small picture of her son with birds flying

Geopolitics syria prisons

Assad Is Gone, But Syria’s Mothers Are Still Searching For Their Sons

by Ali Al-Ibrahim January 9, 2025March 9, 2025

A soldier stands at the front of a classroom with young children

Geopolitics syria islamists

Schools And Sharia: How Syria’s New Rulers Are Trying To Sneak Islamist Policy Into Law

by Sarah Hossam January 8, 2025

Spanish Red Cross volunteer Luna Reyes embraces an illegal migrant on the shores of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, off the Moroccan coast. May 2021

Geopolitics human rights

A Mediterranean Survivor To The Victims Of Gaza, Faces To Remember

by Basel Ramsis January 7, 2025

Why Al-Sharaa's Rise In Syria Is Making Jordan So Nervous

Geopolitics political islam

Why Al-Sharaa’s Rise In Syria Is Making Jordan So Nervous

by Rana Sabagh January 7, 2025

Inside Jobar Destroyed Neighborhood near Damascus - Jobar

Economy syrian economy

The Hard Part About Rebuilding Syria’s Economy — At Home And Abroad

by Patricia Chaira January 6, 2025March 9, 2025

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Geopolitics syria

Handshake Diplomacy? What The West Can Do For Syria’s Imperfect Transition

by Pierre Haski January 6, 2025March 9, 2025

photo of Ahmed al-Sharaa in 2024

Geopolitics ahmed al-sharaa

Al-Sharaa, Syria’s Indispensable Leader Or Sly Islamist Strongman?

by Hani Adada January 5, 2025March 9, 2025

Would The Army Also Ditch The Regime In Iran? An Assad Scenario Is Spooking Tehran

Geopolitics iranian military

Would The Army Also Ditch The Regime In Iran? An Assad Scenario Is Spooking Tehran

by Kayhan-London Staff and Worldcrunch January 3, 2025March 9, 2025

Photo of Ahmed al-Sharaa speaking at a Press Conference in Damascus

Geopolitics syrian civil war

Syria’s New Rulers Are Trying To Cozy Up To Trump — By Going Soft On Israel

by Khaled Dawoud January 2, 2025March 9, 2025

photo of three soldiers with automatic rifles

How The Kurdish Question Has Come To A Make-Or-Break Moment

by Pierre Haski and Sahal Ayamparambil January 2, 2025March 9, 2025

File photo of Bashar and Asma al-Assad in Moscow in January 2005

Geopolitics diplomacy

Asma Al-Assad In Exile? Searching For The Real Story Of Syria’s Former First Lady

by Michelle Courtois December 23, 2024