Israel and Syria Should Prioritize Security Cooperation
“I want to swim in Lake Tiberias,” then-Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad told U.S. President Bill Clinton in March 2000, just months before his death. It was a striking remark during ...
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U.N. Teams Deploy to Syrian Coastal Towns Threatened by Wildfires
The United Nations deployed teams to the Syrian coast on Monday as wildfires spread across Latakia province for the fifth day. Adam Abdelmoula, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Syria, said ...
Syrian Suspect Arrested After Axe Attack on German Long-Distance Train
A Syrian migrant was arrested by police in Bavaria after several people were injured in an axe attack on a high speed train travelling to Austria. At least five people, ...
Syria’s Foreign Fighter Dilemma
March was a pivotal moment in Syria’s ongoing political transition for all the wrong reasons. In just a few days, pro-government militias massacred hundreds of Alawite civilians. There is a ...
Why the West Embraced Syria and Ditched Afghanistan
If you’re a pragmatic Taliban official in Kabul, the West’s warm embrace of Syria’s new leader must be jarring. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa—once affiliated with an offshoot of al Qaeda—has ...
Where Does Syria’s Political Transition Stand?
The fall of Syria’s Assad dynasty last December brought a glimmer of hope to a country mired in a 13-year-long civil war. Indeed, “Syria’s current transition to a new form ...
Syria’s Islamic State Is Surging
When U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly appointed special envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack, paid his first visit to Damascus on May 29, he flew into the country on U.S. military ...
Syria’s Missing Children
DAMASCUS and BARGAH, Syria—Hassan al-Abassi remembers his sister Rania al-Abassi as a woman of quiet brilliance. A dentist in Damascus, she and her husband, Abdul Rahman Yasin, set up a ...
It’s Not That Easy to Lift Sanctions on Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to end sanctions on Syria is welcome news. When the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad fell in December, the country was one of the most heavily ...
How to Think About Solutions in Gaza and Sudan
From Gaza to Sudan, the world is beset with historic humanitarian challenges. According to the United Nations’ refugee agency, nearly 120 million people worldwide are displaced because of violence or ...
