Syria
On the Ground in Syria, There Is Generally a Tangible Sense of Freedom That Did Not Exist Under the Assad Regime
Translation and Overview
The Movement Seeks to Establish Jewish Settlements in Southern Syria
The Pipeline Would Cost Billions of Dollars, Take Years to Build, and Would Cross Multiple Jurisdictions, Not All of Them Reliable
A Silent Village Reflects the Lingering Costs of Afrin’s Upheaval
How Do Locals in Hadr View These Reported Attempts at Settlement and the Israeli Presence in Their Area More Generally?
Centralized Power and Expanding Capabilities Point Toward a Potential Regional Confrontation
Terrorist Groups Are Poised to Exploit the Prevailing Insecurity Across the Region, Especially in Weak States like Syria
Barrack Supports Pragmatic Engagement with Existing Power Structures, Rather than Grassroots Democratic Movements
New Evidence Suggests Iranian-Backed Networks Still Operate Freely in Syria
Assad’s Fall Has Stripped Iran of Most of Its Assets in Syria, but Networks Remain and Could Be Leveraged to Open a New Front
Islamic State Reframes Gaza Anger to Justify Its Own Cause
Although Lebanon Was Considered a Friendly Neighbor When Israel Was Established Some 80 Years Ago, for Nearly 60 Years It Has Been a Threat
To Undermine the Kurds, Al-Sharaa Has Sought to Assert Greater Control over Their Political Representation
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi’s Field Reports on Kurdish Displacement, Minority Rights Are Already Shaping Policy Debate
The Displaced Syrian Shia in Homs Are Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Afraid or Unable to Return Home, and Now Facing Israeli Airstrikes in Lebanon
The Clarification Emphasizes That Facilities of Relevance to Tourists Are either Exempt from the Regulations or Will Be Subject to Further Consideration
A New Damascus Decree Restricts Alcohol Sales to Historic Christian Districts and Signals Islamist Administrative Priorities.
Behind Official Merger Language, Kobani Still Operates Under Kurdish Security Control
Not All Alawite Experiences on the Coast Are Uniformly Bad. Some Alawite Localities Have Enjoyed an Overall Better Relation with the New Authorities