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On the first anniversary of the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the former Secretary-General of Hezbollah, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, the party chose to defy a large portion of Lebanese society, challenge the Lebanese government’s decisions, and ignore mediation...

The so-called Deep State in the United States has intervened in numerous legal and political cases, involving controversial events and transformations that sparked suspicions about the influence of secret, undeclared powers on American policies and interests. Chief among these is...

In an unstable economic environment, exchange rate risks have become a daily concern, with Syrians facing sharp fluctuations in the value of the dollar and other foreign currencies against the pound. The gap between the official rate set by the...

The concept of the deep state is one of the most controversial ideas in political science and international relations. It refers to informal networks of influence that operate behind the scenes and possess the ability to affect decision-making, whether through...

Alia Amina Ahmed Sociologists and psychologists have long studied how disasters and tragedies affect social cohesion. Whether caused by natural events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, or political and social upheavals like wars and conflicts, these major shocks shake...

As 2026 approaches, hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan face the specter of hunger following the United Nations World Food Programme’s announcement that it will cease the food assistance on which they rely to secure their basic needs....

For several days, the border villages of Quneitra governorate in south-west Syria have experienced relative calm, following consecutive weeks of Israeli escalation which included sudden incursions, widespread arrests, and intensive reconnaissance flights over the area. Yet this temporary halt has...

In the past decades, several Arab countries witnessed uprisings and protest movements that demanded freedom, social justice, and a transition towards democratic systems, away from militarisation and authoritarian rule. These popular movements succeeded in bringing down some long-standing regimes, in...

It was not in vain that Syria’s new ruling authority experienced this contradiction between the form and the essence of the politics it produces. For example, it staged a grand celebration to announce the country’s new “visual identity,” devoting time,...

Syria today, amid shifting regional and global dynamics, appears as a geo-strategic stage where the influence of three principal powers intersects, and perhaps pivots: the United States, Turkey, and Israel. Alongside them, Iran and Russia remain active and influential players...