Syria
In Nubl and al-Zahara’, Private Mourning Continues While Public Religious Displays Remain Curtailed and Sectarian Reconciliation Remains Distant
Syria’s New Publication Rules Draw From Assad-Era Laws, Punish Criticism Inconsistently, and Leave Sectarian Incitement Largely Unchecked
The Company Carries Influence Since It Would Bring a U.S. Major Into a Sector That Washington Has Viewed as Off-Limits
A Revived Line Would Connect Turkish Industry to Arab Markets, Boost North-South Trade, and Complement Other Projects
Syria Remains Deeply Divided Along Ethnic Lines, with a Series of Ongoing ‘Cold Wars’ Underway Between Minority Communities and the New Sunni Arab Authorities
Expanding Influence Has Emboldened Erdoğan’s Government and Vision of a Middle East Where Islamist Movements Dominate
An Improvement in Living Standards?
Integration Into a Centralized State Dominated by Islamists Could Undo Years of Progress on Social Equality
Judges Prosecute Multiple Women for Taking Children to War Zone
An Interview with Issam Ibrahim, a Political and Civil Society Activist of the Jabal Al-Summaq Village of Qalb Lawze
Attempts to Securitize Suwayda Risk Obscuring Syria’s Deeper Failures
Attempts in Syria to Enforce Islamist Norms and Regulations Are Primarily Occurring at the Local Rather than National Level
The Statement Is Most Likely Intended as Criticism of the Syrian Government
An Envoy Could Provide Washington with Facts on the Ground to Calibrate Policy to Reality
An Exclusive Ground Report with Photos
Turkey Established a Military Base in a Neighborhood Called Jabal Aqil. Despite the Fall of the Assad Regime, This Base Has Not Been Removed
A Digital and Ground Investigation
Of the Various Armed Groups in Gaza That Are Opposed to Hamas and Receive Backing from Israel, the ‘Popular Forces’ Is by Far the Most Prominent
Incumbent Prime Minister Edi Rama Has Taken the Country’s Criminality to a New Level
Al-Sharaa’s Regime Wants to Exploit the Balance of Power, Which Favors Damascus, to Alter the Kurdish Region