Ahmed*, who was just a teenager when Syria’s uprising erupted 10 years ago, did not end up fighting someone else’s war in Libya in 2020 because of his beliefs or political leanings. The young Syrian …
Syrian Refugees in US Reflect on Past and Present Fortunes
Ten-year-old Esraa Almadani is almost exactly the same age as the Syrian Civil War. She was only 40 days old when clashes between government forces and civilians first broke out in 2011. The conflict …
Germany grapples with its identity crisis on Syria
The verdict was reached after months of testimony on systematic human rights violations in Syria. Shortly before that though, Germany had made headlines when it became the first major European power …
10 years after the conflict in Syria began, let’s show refugees we haven’t forgotten them
Most of them want to return, but the conditions in Syria mean that is often too dangerous. Yet solutions for the millions of refugees still in limbo – plus the 6.7 million displaced inside Syria – …
Iranian investigator claims Israel behind attack on cargo ship in Mediterranean
Accusation comes shortly after US officials tell Wall Street Journal that Israel has hit many ships taking Iran oil and arms to Syria …
Iraq attacks kill more than 30
Sectarian tensions in Iraq and the wider region have been inflamed by the civil war in Syria, where mainly Sunni Muslim rebels are fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, whose Alawite …
Israel ‘bombed a dozen ships carrying Iranian oil or weapons in past two years’
Unconfirmed attacks would suggest opening of new front in semi-covert conflict between arch-foes Last modified on Fri 12 Mar 2021 05.29 EST Israel has bombed at least a dozen ships en route to Syria …
Inside U.S. troops’ stronghold in Syria, a question of how long Biden will keep them there
At a makeshift military outpost abutting a natural gas field in eastern Syria, the signs of the country’s violent upheaval are everywhere. Bombed-out concrete buildings lie in ruins. The pipes that …
Ten years of Syria conflict, from protest to war to economic decline
This is a timeline of how the conflict began with peaceful pro-democracy protests, then developed into a multi-sided conflict that sucked in world powers and killed hundreds of thousands of people.
The whole of the Middle East will pay the price for Biden’s Iran appeasement policy
Empowering Iran will come at the expense of not only Saudi Arabia – but at the expense of Iraqis, Lebanese, Syrians and Yemenis …