June 2020

A Syrian boy looks at Russian and US military vehicles in the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah at the border with Turkey, on June 3, 2020. When it rains in Syria, it pours at full blast. As if at least…

On the morning of January 20, 2019, a six-by-six Mercedes-Benz truck in al-Kiswah, Syria crewed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps began elevating a missile mounted on its back into firing position. Once…

Recently, the US suggested that Assad does not necessarily have to go. Nonetheless, experts say it is still too early to ascertain whether the West's attitude towards the regime has changed. Western capitals, but primarily…

Turkey has raised over TL 717 million ($104.63 million) for the humanitarian crisis in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Thursday. Speaking at the Non-Governmental Organizations Idlib Consultation…

Syrians living in the opposition-held northwest Idlib province are switching currencies because the value of their pound is plummeting. Many are now using the Turkish lira as Syria's economy continues to be hit by setbacks. Source:…

Previous research has explored Russia’s quieter intervention in Syria through its use of humanitarian aid. Compared to its hard military actions that alienate much of Syria’s population, Moscow has used the incentive of aid to buy political…

There are many disturbing stories of foreign policy malpractice in John Bolton’s tell-all book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” but it’s clear that what the former national security adviser reveals about the Trump…

Supported by the United States, Syrian Kurdish groups last week announced the first step toward uniting efforts to run the northeastern part of Syria. Since 2012, the Kurdish-majority region has largely been controlled by the People’s…

The Syrian regime has been violating humanitarian neutrality for the past nine years, and the humanitarian community is paralyzed about what to do. This is skewing assistance to more than 16 million Syrians in need, two-thirds of whom…

Syrians displaced by their country’s civil war were unlikely to go home or start new lives abroad in the near future, 50 Syrian and international charities say. In a report released before a donors' conference in Brussels on the future of…