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Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi delivers speech at the Imam Reza shrine in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, on June 22, 2021. (Getty)

What Raisi’s Presidency Means for the Region

In his first statement as Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi rejected the possibility of meeting with US president Joe Biden, or even negotiating Iran’s ballistic missiles program and support for…

Hanin Ghaddar 25 June 2021

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and EU Council President Charles Michel (R) hold a joint news conference after talks with Turkey's President in Ankara on April 6, 2021. (Getty)

Illegal Migration Plagues European Union from Within

The shadow of the lack of consensus on how to tackle illegal migration still looms large over the European Union which has shown marked progress otherwise in building consensus on matters such as…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 16 April 2021

Representatives of the League of Arab states attend an emergency meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on October 12, 2019, to discuss Turkey's offensive on Syria. (Getty)

Calls for Syria’s Return to Arab League to Solve Crisis

Over the last several days, there have been some Arab and foreign calls for Syria’s return to the Arab League after a decade-long suspension following the revolution that erupted in Syria in 2011. …

Hatem Khedr 26 March 2021

Syrians wait to leave the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of alleged Islamic State (IS) group fighters, in the Syrian northeastern al-Hasakeh governorate on December 10, 2020. (Getty)

10 Years of Syrian War – ISIS Exploiting Covid-19 to Restore Activities

As 10 years have passed since the start of the civil war in Syria, the Islamic State, or Da’esh, is making use of the COVID-19 pandemic to restore its activities and claw itself back into key areas. …

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 19 March 2021

Abderrazaq Khatoun, rests with some of his 11 orphaned grandchildren, in an encampment in the village of Harbanoush, in the northern countryside of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, on March 11, 2021.(Getty)

Syrian Farmer Lost Wife and Sons to War; Grandchildren Are His Solace

Abdel Razzak al-Khatoun was a well-to-do farmer in Syria's rural Hama province. Ten years after the civil war began, he is penniless, homeless and living in a tent in northern Idlib. Far worse, he…

Khalil Ashawi 14 March 2021

Syrian demonstrators look at a poster bearing the portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Iran Is in Syria to Stay

Early last week, Iraqi officials announced that an airstrike had killed a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as he entered Syria from Iraq on November 29 with a consignment of…

Ariane M. Tabatabai 17 December 2020

When it comes to Syria, Russia Lacks a Strategic Plans and Continues to Resort to International Deception

Recently, there have been a lot of talks surrounding the prospects of an Iranian withdrawal from Syria. It is also rumoured that Moscow is growing tired of the Assad regime’sintransigence and refusal…

Alia Mansour 22 May 2020

Coronavirus in Syria: Another Means of International Blackmail

In a press conference about coronavirus a few days ago, Nazar Yazji, the health minister of the ruling Syrian regime stated: “The Arab Syrian army has sterilized many of the bacteria on Syria’s lands…

Alia Mansour 31 March 2020

Time to Recommit to Syria

Syriais now nine years into a civil war that frequently promises, but never manages, to wind down. PresidentBashar al-Assadhas retaken much of the country, but broad swaths remain combat zones…

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A drone photo shows the aerial photo of marketplace after it was hit by Syrian regime and Russian airstrikes in central Idlib, Syria on January 15, 2020. (Getty)

Bashar al-Assad’s Hollow Victory

PresidentBashar al-Assad’sregime inSyriahas now endured through nearly nine years of civil conflict. The question for those invested in Syria’s future is no longer whether the regime will survive but…

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