Syria
The Diplomatic Veneer of the ‘New Syria’ Began to Crack, Revealing a Security Nightmare That the West Has Spent a Decade Trying to Prevent
The Agreement’s Ambiguity Leaves Room for Multiple Interpretations, Which Could Affect Its Implementation
Musa Abu Jafar Is a Salafist Cleric Who Has Long Promoted Jihadist Causes Across Multiple Countries
Property Restitution, Security Conditions, and Minority Rights in Northwest Syria
As Sectarian and Ethnic Violence Becomes the Rule Rather than the Exception, the Excuses of Al-Sharaa and His Apologists Wear Thin
The Group Frames Damascus’s Advance as Apostasy, Betrayal, and Proof of a Broader War on True Believers
The Collapse of Kurdish Control and the Rise of Islamist Rule Create a Jihadi Time Bomb on Israel’s Northern Border
With U.S. Protection Gone, Islamist Forces Move to Dismantle the Kurdish-Led Order in Northern Syria
Sustained Engagement with Congressional Offices Remains the Kurds’ Clearest Path to Preserving Structural Autonomy
More than 150,000 Kurds, Arabs, and Christians Are Once Again Under Siege, as Turkish-Backed Forces Block Aid, Gas, and Food
Damascus’s Absorption of the Syrian Democratic Forces Marks the End of a Secular Buffer and a Win for Ankara’s Regional Strategy
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The New Regime Seeks to Crush a U.S.-Backed Kurdish Force
We May See the Wholesale Destruction of the Forces and the Authority That Paid the Highest Price to Defeat ISIS
The Advance of the Syrian Govt. Forces Has Been Accompanied by Atrocities, Including the Execution of Prisoners and the Abuse and Tormenting of Captured Female Kurdish Fighters
What Happens to the Kurds Could Be Akin to the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre, When Serbs Slaughtered 8,000 Bosnians
Syria Holds an Estimated 2.5 Billion Barrels of Oil and 8.5 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas but Reserves Do Not Guarantee Recovery
Without Political Acknowledgment of Kurdish Rights and the Rights of Druze, Alawites, and Other Minorities, Syria Will Not Stabilize
Relations with the United States, Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Russia Factor Into the Decision, as Does the Risk of Harming Kurds
A January 18, 2026, Agreement with the Government Represents a Major Setback for Syrian Kurds and Their Political Aspirations