Events in Syria—both positive and negative—are unfolding at a rapid pace, making it difficult to get an accurate read on where the country may be…

On 14 February 2005, 20 years ago, the Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad collaborated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah to assassinate Prime Minister Rafic…

Day by day, the picture becomes clearer. Syria, once a captive, has now returned. Liberated from over five decades of captivity, it has reclaimed its…

Writing from Damascus, the world’s oldest continuously inhabited capital, it feels necessary to honour the memory of the hundreds of thousands of…

Now that Bashar al-Assad has fled and his regime has collapsed, Syrians are taking the first steps in the very long and challenging journey of…

Israeli attacks on the Lebanese capital are increasingly becoming routine news, with recurring air strikes resulting in casualties and destruction…

The killing of Hezbollah operative Salim Ayyash in an Israeli air strike on the city of Qusayr in Syria's Homs countryside has sparked mixed…

Last week, Saudi ministers and diplomats in Riyadh hosted the initial sessions of a global coalition committed to implementing a two-state solution,…

While some Lebanese officials have been recently heard advocating for the implementation of UN Resolution 1701—which formed the basis of an agreement…

Living in Beirut, I had heard whispers of the “dawn raiders"— armed state security forces who arrive at your home at dawn— but never did I imagine…