United Stated

The region has changed radically since Trump’s first term.

Security and service delivery are vital to Syria’s new rulers.

Assad’s departure places the Autonomous Administration in doubt

The regime’s aversion to civil society has a new address.

Foreign powers dig in for the long term, leaving local forces little room for maneuver.

The PYD faces Turkish pressure and little U.S. support for polls.

: Tehran challenges the status quo by pressuring Turkish and US forces.

Intensified strikes by pro-regime forces in the northwestern province threaten to erode the ceasefire there, but are unlikely to lead to its immediate collapse.

Israel escalated its strikes on Iranian targets in Syria in 2023. We examine why.

Turkey’s latest bombing campaign in Kurdish-controlled Syria marks a shift in strategy partly aimed at undermining the PKK’s finances.

Despite his presence at the Arab-Islamic Summit held this past Saturday in Riyadh, most leaders shunned interactions with the Syrian regime’s President, Bashar al-Assad on the sidelines of the summit.

While Swayda is in motion, the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria is experiencing movements aiming to stabilize the region.