Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)
Property Relationships Are Organized Along Sectarian and Factional Lines and the Government Has Difficulty Moving Beyond Salafi Jihadism’s Legacy
The New Regime Promises Reform and Moderation When Engaging with the West, but Its Real Policy Is to Eliminate Syria’s Diversity
Securing Regional or International Backing Long Has Been a Defining Feature for All Major Actors of the Conflict
Recent Waves of Violence Show That Syrians Cannot Coexist Without a Social Contract That Guarantees Mutual Acceptance
In Just Eight Months of Sunni Islamist Rule in Syria, Already Three Large-Scale Incidents of Sectarian Violence Have Taken Place
United Druze Spiritual Leaders Condemn Syrian Government’s Treacherous Siege and Assault on al-Suwayda’, Demanding Withdrawal and Accountability
The Participation of Druze and Alawite Leaders in a Recent Conference Infuriated Supporters of the Al-Sharaa Regime
How the Nature of Iran’s Networks in Syria Was Widely Misunderstood
Every Effort to Run Roughshod over the Region’s Ethnic and Sectarian Minorities Has Led to Dictatorship and State Failure
The Trump Administration Must Demonstrate That American Policy Holds Governments Accountable for Their Actions
Does He Advocate for Freedom or Islamism?
The International Silence in This Case Raises Questions About the Consistency of Western Commitments to Religious Freedom
Normalizing the Role of Terrorist Organizations Within State Structures Could Undermine International Counterterrorism Efforts
The Broad Participation of Arab Countries in Reconstruction Suggests a Push to Keep Syria from Falling Back Into Iran’s Orbit
Syria Should Return to the Community of Nations, but Not on the Rhetoric of a Single, Untested Leader
Sunni Militants Attack Druze in Damascus Suburbs, Triggered by ‘Blasphemous’ Audio Clip
A Kurdish Convention in Qamishli Conveyed Multiple Messages to the New Syrian Government and Turkey
