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In a landmark and unprecedented move, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced on Monday, May 12, that it is formally dissolving its organizational structure and ending its decades-long armed struggle against the Turkish state. The announcement was made in a...

On Monday, May 12, the Turkish hosted a high-level tripartite meeting in Ankara involving the foreign ministers of Turkey, Syria, and Jordan, a move seen as a new effort to recalibrate regional power dynamics and bloster joint responses to shared...

Just steps away from the Euphrates River, Qusay Al-Rafe’ stands outside his home in Deir Ezzor’s Al-Hamidiyah neighborhood, watching the water flow by. But for his family, the river is not a source of life, it is a source of...

In a complex and pluralistic media landscape, the roles of Syria’s state-run media and the independent outlets that emerged amid the country’s civil war have increasingly intersected. Despite their differing foundations and loyalties, there is now a growing recognition that...

In a move that has drawn sharp criticism from human rights advocates and U.S. officials, Syria’s Ministry of Defense announced the appointment of Brigadier General Ahmad Ihsan Fayad Al-Hayes, better known by his nom de guerre, “Abu Hatim Shuqra”, as...

ISIS activity has seen a resurgence in recent weeks following the group's acquisition of weapons stockpiles abandoned by Iranian-backed factions and remnants of the Assad regime in the Syrian desert. Intelligence reports also indicate that ISIS has regrouped and is...

In recent weeks, Syria’s vast desert region, known as the Badiya, has witnessed renewed and alarming activity by ISIS, suggesting that the group may be attempting a resurgence after a period of relative decline. This revival has been most evident...

Amid mounting climate change pressures and intensifying political struggles over natural resources in the Middle East, northeastern Syria is facing a deepening water crisis that is jeopardising food, environmental, and humanitarian security in the region. As the Euphrates River’s level...

In the scorched farmlands and shattered homes of Baghuz, an eastern town in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, a new chapter of suffering unfolds, one not marked by gunfire, but by silence. Dozens of unmarked mass graves, filled with unidentified bodies...

The entrenched connection between the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas has brought Jordan face-to-face with a multi-layered confrontation, one entangled in regional, international, and domestic complexities, all heightened by the ongoing crisis in Gaza and its spillover effects. In a recent...