Leaked Iranian documents detail a failed strategy to cement influence in post-war Syria, disrupted by the 2024 ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.
Under new regime, Syria’s Alawites are evicted from private homes at gunpoint
Um Hassan says she was forced to surrender Damascus home within 24 hours after brother arrested; rights group says thousands of such cases have taken place …
Israel Will Not Stop War Until Palestinians Are Displaced from Gaza and Syria Is Dismembered, Minister Says
Israel will only stop fighting when “hundreds of thousands” of Palestinians are forcibly displaced from Gaza and Syria is dismembered as a state, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on …
Turkey’s Erdogan dismisses Kurdish calls for Syria decentralisation as a “dream”
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed demands by Syrian Kurdish groups for Syria to adopt a decentralised system of government, saying these were “nothing more than a dream” and had no place in …
Minutes to leave: Syria’s Alawites evicted from private homes at gunpoint
The family surrendered the house 24 hours later and picked him up, battered and bruised, from the local General Security Service headquarters, said Um Hassan, giving only her nickname for fear of …
Israel bombs Syria hours after controversial Israeli Druze leader appeals for ‘action’
Mowafaq Tarif, a Druze leader based in Israel, had called on Israeli leaders ‘to not stand by’ after sectarian violence erupted near Damascus …
Insight: Minutes to leave: Syria’s Alawites evicted from private homes at gunpoint
Early one evening in late January, 12 masked men stormed the Damascus home of Um Hassan’s family, pointed AK-47 assault rifles in their faces and ordered them to leave.
A tale of two Syrias: free-market opening sows resentment of new rulers
The toppling of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad has been great for Mohammad al-Badawi. His sales have doubled as beverages he imports cheaply from Turkey into the former-rebel stronghold of Idlib can …
A tale of two Syrias: free-market opening sows resentment of new rulers
The toppling of Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad has been great for Mohammad al-Badawi. For Haytham Joud business has collapsed. “With all these imports, we need to see what happens to local …
Syria’s Economic Overhaul: From Assad’s Shadow to Idlib’s Opportunity
The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has drastically shifted the economic landscape. Business prospers in Idlib with free-market policies, benefiting from links to Turkey. Meanwhile, businessmen in …