This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

For the first time since 2021, Syria has re-entered the top five of the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist, highlighting the country’s ongoing extreme uncertainty after years ...

Despite protest over Syria's more "Islamic" curriculum changes, there are parallel priorities, observers say. After 14 years of war, millions of children remain out of school, and schools need to ...

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) chief prosecutor has made an unannounced visit to Syria to meet with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of Syria’s new de facto government, to discuss how ...

new video loaded: On a Raid With Syria’s New Security Forces transcript We’re in Latakia, riding with security forces just 10 days after the collapse of the Syrian government led by former ...

Syria’s new leadership should seize on an unprecedented opportunity to lead by example on human rights, including by protecting basic rights of all Syrians in a new constitution. The new ...

Damascus, Syria - January 15, 2025 The new Syria needs ... a process that the head of this issue in the White Helmets, Ammar al-Salmo, expects “long, long, long” to give for dead most of ...

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Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria became a country and the forces that have made it so unstable.

RIYADH – Foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western and Middle Eastern countries are meeting Syria’s new foreign minister in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Jan 12 at the first such regional ...