Since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising in 2011, the country has become an open arena for overlapping regional and international interests. Military fronts quickly intertwined with political and economic agendas, while maps of control were drawn by forces backed...
Syria currently faces multiple internal and external challenges, alongside ongoing crises in the mainly Druze city of Suwayda and heightened government statements against the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, following the “Unified Position for the Components of...
At the crossroads of internal stakes and external pressures, the March 10 agreement between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands at a decisive turning point. While President Ahmad Al-Sharaa emphasizes that only a few months...
Darius Al-Darwish The Hasakah Conference, held on August 8 under the title “Conference for the Unity of Position of the Components of North and East Syria”, has sparked a storm of accusations from supporters of the current regime. They claim...
Beneath a clear sky that seems too calm for the scale of tragedy, the ancient columns of Palmyra rise toward the clouds as if in silent witness. Yet today, the city is haunted not by the roar of warplanes or...
In a striking and controversial scene, Damascus hosted the signing of a series of massive investment memorandums worth $14 billion, according to the Syrian government. The ambitious agreements covered major sectors including infrastructure, transport, and housing. The event was accompanied...
As the Syrian political and military landscape grows increasingly complex, signs of a French Turkish crisis are starting to surface. According to the U.S.-based outlet Al-Monitor, Ankara has been pressuring Damascus to withdraw from an upcoming meeting in Paris with...
The conferences in Hasakah, in northeastern Syria, and Brussels were more than just political events or gatherings of a select few discussing the “affairs of Syrian communities.” They were, in many ways, like breaking old locks on the doors of...
Syria stands at one of the most delicate junctures in its modern history. More than a decade of war and fragmentation has left the country torn between competing political forces and social groups, with divisions so deep that they block...
For centuries, the Euphrates River has been the artery of life in eastern Syria. Today, in Deir ez-Zor, it has turned into a source of fear. Life continues around the banks of the river, while residents tell stories of cholera...