Nearly two months after the fall of the Assad regime, the contours of a new Syria are beginning to take shape. In his first address since being…

For years, Syria has been controlled by a patchwork of armed groups. Until December 2024, this included the national army. With the fall of Bashar al…

Militias are once again in the new. With the toppling of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria by the rebel forces of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in…

In 1943, veteran nationalist Shukri al-Quwatli was elected president of Syria. An old friend of Saudi Arabia, his first destination was Riyadh, where…

The sudden collapse of the Syrian regime on 8 December has brought Syria’s fragmented armed groups to a crossroads. Leading this effort is the new…

In the early 1920s, Umm Kulthum left her rural Egyptian village for Cairo, where she began performing concerts. Back home, she had built a network of…

The surprise late November offensive in Syria that—within a matter of days—brought decades of al-Assad rule to its knees was a welcome change for the…

Friday, 17 January 2025, will be remembered for a ceasefire deal struck between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip, facilitating a major hostage…

While the wars in Ukraine and Gaza were the dominant foreign policy issues being debated on the presidential campaign trail, Trump often cited…