While much attention has been devoted to the internal situation in Syria after the fall of the Assad government, another key aspect of this issue also deserves …
Israel vs. Turkey: The Intensifying Middle-East Power Struggle
Turkey and Israel are the main strategic beneficiaries of the collapse of the Syrian regime, but now they are on a collision course of their own.
Drug trade in Syria allegedly tied to Assad regime’s financial gains
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 …
Drug trade in Syria allegedly tied to Assad regime’s financial gains
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 …