Following the collapse of the Assad regime, I ended my article last December with the following paragraph: “The new government must represent all Syrians, ...

Violence has surged again in the predominantly Alawite coastal region of Syria. The newly formed General Security Forces (GSF ...

Some world events can look different to those of us on this side of the Atlantic, also, more precisely, in Berlin. God knows, here too I’m frightened at ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

The spiritual leader of Syria's Druze minority launched a scathing tirade against the new authorities in Damascus on Thursday ...

This is not an isolated case. The execution of Ukrainian POWs has become a brutal hallmark of Russia’s war strategy, ...

A groundbreaking agreement was signed on 10 March between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian transitional government. This development comes in the aftermath of the recent ...

The violence in Alawite areas is one sign of Syria’s fragmentation. In the north, Kurdish groups have their own enclaves and ...

Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...

Syria’s interim president has signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years ...

Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier.

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...