Imtiaz Tyab tours a Syrian facility linked to the production of a street drug popular in the Middle East. The operation allegedly funded the exiled dictator’s regime, adding to the legacy of pain left …
The Remarkable Collapse of Iran’s Powerful Alliances
It intensified after Iran’s Revolution. The international story of this year may be the collapse of Iran’s alliances. In Syria, the sadistic Assad dynasty, in power for more than a half century, has been ousted by Sunni rebels.
How Assad secretly sent 21 planeloads of Syria’s cash to Moscow
The unusual transfers from Damascus underscore how Russia, a crucial ally to Assad that lent him military support to prolong his regime, became one of the most important destinations for Syria’s cash …
The road back to Damascus: Syria’s new rulers face challenges in de-weaponizing supply chains
Since 2011, the weaponization of regional and global supply chains through economic sanctions has devastated Syria’s economic and social activities.
The road back to Damascus: Syria’s new rulers face challenges in de-weaponizing supply chains
Since 2011, the weaponization of regional and global supply chains through economic sanctions has devastated Syria’s economic and social activities.
What Assad’s fall has revealed about Syria’s trade in the stimulant drug Captagon
Since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, industrial-scale manufacturing facilities of Captagon have been uncovered around the country, which experts say helped flourish a $10 billion …
How to form a government in ten days: Syria’s HTS installs first bureaucrats
Follow the latest on Syria At the beginning of an Oil Ministry meeting in Damascus this week, the new director general introduced himself to staff as Abu Tareq. The only certain assumption they made …
Syrian family faces challenges after returning home from Turkey
The moment he arrived home to Syria from Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem held his sister in a tight embrace, after not seeing each other in more than a decade.
Tensions between Israel and Turkey escalate over Syria: ‘It’s time to pay attention’
Ankara’s growing military presence in Syria has led to a diplomatic clash between former allies Israel and Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has supported Hamas, even hinting at some sort …
After a decade in Turkey, a Syrian refugee rushes to return home, but reality hits
After a decade in Turkey, a Syrian refugee rushes to return home, but reality hits – After more than a decade as a refugee in Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem decided to bring his family back home to Syria onl …