Hope suppresses the reality of the future of Syria. Pundits were wrong about the Arab Spring, projecting perspectives into ...

The Struggle for the Middle East (1989) offers crucial insight into the domestic, regional, and international forces that ...

Turkey’s post-Assad ambitions face mounting risks as it backs Syria’s new rulers while navigating the challenges of sectarian ...

A leading expert on Syria, researcher Patrick Haenni analyzes the nature of the new power stemming from the Hayat Tahrir ...

The prisons are open, the secret files are unlocked. Now Syrians are trying to figure out how to hold war criminals ...

A S REBELS STORMED across Syria late last year, eventually toppling the country’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, some were accompanied by fighters from a foreign militant organisation—one with ambitions ...

Bit by bit, from the eastern Mediterranean to the sands of Aleppo, President Erdogan seems intent on reconstituting some ...

As Syria seeks to chart a new course after the fall of the former regime, there are great opportunities and real dangers in the current moment, the ...

So far, Shar’a has talked about pluralism and his wish for inclusivity, but his hands-off diplomacy with Baerbock has raised ...

Old videos show a man resembling Syria's new Minister of Justice overseeing the 2015 execution of two women. Verify Syria ...

More than 100 clinical trials put stem cells for regenerative medicine to the test. It’s a turning point for a field beset with ethical and political controversy.

Syria’s new government has swiftly ordered changes to school curriculums. Some Syrians say the move is a worrying sign of how ...