Israel's decimation of Syria's military assets has not made headlines in Syrian media nor in countries with vested stakes in the country. Instead,…

What exactly is Bashar al-Assad’s number when it comes to the long list of Syrian presidents? The answer, quite surprisingly, is debatable, given…

Move over Grover Cleveland. Before Donald Trump’s victory on 5 November, Cleveland had a monopoly on one aspect of American electoral history: he was…

A statesman dies two deaths: His own and that of the world he tried to build. Iranian General Qasem Soleimani went through the first in 2020 when an…

What once seemed like an impossible dream is now a reality: al-Assad’s regime has fallen. For Syrians, this historic moment evokes both profound hope…

In war, artists often grapple with questions of purpose and meaning as they manage their emotions in the chaos of a world whose images, values, and…

Mali may soon enter a new chapter of conflict after the announcement of a historic merger of four movements representing the Tuareg population in…

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria shocked the world and ended more than 50 years of rule by what became a dynasty of dictators. Cities…

While Israel’s military has had success on the battlefield to the north, south, and east, its finance ministry is having to dodge economic bullets of…

There was nothing selfless about the Syrian Assad regime’s “ideological” stances. To gain legitimacy, it proclaimed its values to be unity, freedom,…