Tag: Syria

By the time you read this, the Syrian civil war might be over. The 13-year conflict, stuck in a bloody stalemate for the last three years, caught fire last week. ...

The spectacularly rapid fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his regime is the Middle East’s 1989. Like the fall of the Berlin Wall, this weekend’s end of 54 years of ...

Now that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has emerged as the victors of the Syrian civil war, it’s tempting to imagine the country restored to some semblance of stability. In truth, there is no stability to restore. ...

One can only rejoice in the demise of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Much is uncertain about Syria’s future, but there is no question that the 24 years of Assad’s ...

Ousted former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has found asylum in Russia after fleeing his country on Sunday, according to Kremlin sources quoted in the international media. Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled the country early Sunday local time as a lightning advance by a coalition of rebel groups brought an abrupt end to 50 years of brutal ...

Syrian rebels took to the airwaves on state Syrian TV on Sunday morning local time to announce they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad, after their shock seizure of the country’s ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where we’re still recovering from the lingering post-Thanksgiving food coma. Here’s what’s on tap for the day: Some key questions for the U.S. ...

When Israel and Hezbollah signed a cease-fire agreement in late November, it represented a rare bit of hopeful news since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack enflamed the Middle East. But ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a U.S.-backed Syrian militia group led by Syrian Kurdish forces, said on Tuesday that its fighters clashed with Syrian government troops and took control of ...