In the history of the Middle East, Syria’s current transition to a new form of government is in a category of its own. Desperate the avoid the mistakes that their ...
On Feb. 27, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), called on the group and its armed affiliates to lay down their weapons and disband. The ...
EXCLUSIVE: Anas Khalaf and Rana Kazkaz’s Mare Nostrum and The Translator count among the rare fiction works made by Syrian directors tackling the 2011 democracy protests and President Bashar al-Assad’s ...
The Syrian energy ministry on Tuesday attributed a nationwide blackout to a “technical malfunction in the electrical system.” The lights went out on Tuesday evening, and by Wednesday morning power ...
EXCLUSIVE: Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime tottered at times, but held on, propped up by allies Russia and Iran. ...
Syria’s Alawite community continued to huddle in fear over the weekend after hundreds of them were murdered by militants loyal to the Islamist government of former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Sharaa. ...
The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo lists a total of 41 countries divided into three ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep. Spring is almost here—we can feel it! Alright, here’s what’s on tap for the day: The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces make a deal with ...
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II told the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, DC, last week that Christians remain apprehensive about the new jihadi regime in Damascus, ...
PARIS – The man is insistent: Our ship is in difficulty, so keep your distance, he instructs another vessel over the radio. “Warship on your course,” he says. “I am ...