Alia Mansour

For Syrians, 2025 was unlike any year before it. It was Syria's first year without Assad rule, during which father and son governed with an iron grip…

Since its 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has expanded its influence and asserted its dominance across the region. After four decades, Iran’s era of…

Syrians had scarcely celebrated the first anniversary of their country’s liberation from the Assad regime and American lawmakers’ decision to repeal…

On 5 December, Reuters published a special investigation report showing how the billionaire cousin of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is…

Israel’s military raid into the Syrian village of Beit Jinn near Damascus on Friday was far from an isolated event. After locals resisted and Israel…

The relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States is among the most enduring and strategically significant in the Middle East. Yet Crown…

After decades of being imprisoned by outdated ideologies and hollow slogans that served only the Assad regime, the impact of the changes that have…

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday was no routine diplomatic visit. It was the…

From the earliest days following the fall of the Assad regime and the rise of Ahmed al-Sharaa to power in Damascus, it was clear that Saudi Arabia…

The fall of the Assad regime wasn't just a cataclysmic event for Syria—it shook the entire region, fundamentally changing its landscape for the…