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The "Unity of Position" conference, held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Hasakah on August 8, 2025. Social media

Heading for a showdown? SDF conference riles Damascus

Syria's government needs to centralise decision-making and bring armed groups to heel, but Kurds in the north-east want to establish a 'coalition of the unwilling' with Druze and Alawites. What now?

Subhi Franjieh 13 August 2025
An Alawite falconer photographed by Frank Hurley in Baniyas, Syria, during World War II. Wikipedia

The political history of the Alawites in pre-Baath Syria

There is a huge misconception that Syria's Alawite community was a major benefactor of the Assad regime. But nothing is further from the truth. Al Majalla explains.

Sami Moubayed 27 December 2024
Amid a crippling economic crisis, Alawites who backed the regime seem to be demanding payback for a war they fought with their blood, sweat and tears. Majalla

Is an Alawite protest movement emerging in Syria's coastal areas?

Amid a crippling economic crisis, Alawites who backed the regime seem to be demanding payback for a war they fought with their blood, sweat and tears.

Manaf Saad 14 August 2023
Syrian refugees in Zaatari refugee camp shout slogans as they march during a protest marking the third anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict. Getty Images

Was the Syrian Revolution sectarian?

It was not a sectarian revolution or war, even though it has some important sectarian components

Nikolaos van Dam 15 March 2023
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The achievements of September's US-China summit are underwhelming: a short trade truce extension, a reciprocal tariff reduction, a coal purchase, talks on AI, and two pandas. The rest is what matters

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Why Europe’s gold is on the move

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Headlines have centred on the flight of bullion while commentators have speculated about the prompts. The reality is a little more nuanced

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From Gaza to Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Iraq, and Algeria, this year's Arab Oscar submissions explore stories of conflict, displacement, memory, and survival

Wael Said

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