Last week, the United Nations opened its high-level general debate at the General Assembly, drawing presidents, prime ministers, and foreign…

Prior to the fall of Assad in late 2024, Syria’s wartime checkpoint economy was emeshed with Lebanon’s—dominated by security apparatuses affiliated…

The recent outbreak of violence in Syria’s southern Sweida province—the birthplace of Syria’s revolution and a Druze-majority region that has managed…

Long a crossroads for trade and migration, southern Syria is a hub for the smuggling of illicit goods—from weapons and fuel to food and antiquities…

Six months into Syria’s post-conflict, post-regime landscape, the new government is seeking to transform its security sector. Having achieved full…

In the wake of the Assad regime's fall in early December 2024, the new interim government’s security and police forces were busier than ever,…

This week, US officials confirmed that 500 American military personnel have been withdrawn from their posts in Syria, six months after the fall of…

Earlier this year, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced what many State Department employees had feared since Donald Trump took office in…

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump reversed nearly half a century of American policy towards Syria within a span of two to three hours. Somewhere…

On 10 March, Damascus struck a stunning deal with the largely Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, who agreed to integrate into Syria’s political and…