Opinions

While sovereign wealth funds are today considered powerful economic weapons and strategic investment arms across the world, Syria remains far from this model. Despite being a country rich in natural resources; oil, gas, wheat, cotton, it has never established a...

Syria has begun preparations to export its first shipment of heavy crude oil since the lifting of Western sanctions, amounting to 600,000 barrels, via the Greek tanker Nissos Christiana, operated by Swiss-based Vitol Group, from an oil terminal north of...

In Lebanon, no issue rises above the ongoing debate over the necessity of confining weapons to the hands of the state and empowering national institutions, foremost the Lebanese Army, to monopolize the use of force and control illegal arms through...

The Syrian Ministry of Energy announced last Monday the resumption of heavy crude oil exports from the port of Tartus on the country’s western coast, marking the first such shipment in years. According to a statement published on the ministry’s...

Political Islam movements in the region have played a significant role over the past years, particularly in the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” uprisings. These movements believe in Islam as a political, social, legal, and economic system suitable for running...

As the date approaches for Syria’s first parliamentary elections since President Ahmad Al-Sharaa came to power following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime late last year, the Supreme Electoral Committee’s decision to postpone voting in three key Syrian governorates has...

Recently, convoys of trucks carrying light armoured vehicles entered Syrian territory through the Nasib border crossing with Jordan. These vehicles, manufactured locally by a Jordanian company, are designed specifically for military and security purposes, enabling the safe transport of personnel...

By Malik al-Hafez In recent months, Syria has become a testing ground for unprecedented political formulations. The West, which has witnessed the rise of political Islam in the region since the 1970s, no longer treats the Islamic phenomenon as an...

Since the emergence of Islamist movements with their varying ideologies and references, from the Muslim Brotherhood to al-Qaeda to ISIS, these organizations have been accompanied by recurring internal splits. These have taken the form of both individual defections and group...

Last Wednesday, Iraq’s ruling coalition, the Coordination Framework, decided to suspend the vote on the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Authority Law and postpone a decision on the future of these forces, whose ranks exceed 200,000 fighters. It is widely believed...