Lebanese Army raids in the Akkar Plain come at a highly sensitive security and regional moment, reflecting the fragility of the border reality and the difficulty of insulating Lebanon from the spillover of the Syrian conflict and surrounding geopolitical shifts....
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, with over 130,000 employees in its civil institutions, faces a pivotal stage in integrating its civil and military institutions with the Syrian state under the March 2025 agreement. Parties hold differing visions...
Amid Syria’s ongoing complex situation, the March 10 agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has resurfaced in discussions, especially with its operational effectiveness ending while limited understandings remain without a comprehensive political or field-level translation....
Hussein Omar The dramatic transformations reshaping Syria today cannot be understood in isolation from the broader regional power struggle aimed at redefining the political function of the Syrian state in the post-collapse era. What is unfolding is not a simple...
Widespread popular protests continue across Iran, with large crowds gathering in several cities. In some demonstrations, security forces reportedly opened fire on protesters, according to media reports. In the city of Fasa, in Fars province, residents organised a protest gathering,...
Brussels – The arrest of Cilia Flores marks more than the detention of Venezuela’s first lady. It represents a direct blow to what many analysts describe as the legal and institutional brain of Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Born in 1956, Cilia...
“Dollar fell for two days, then everything returned worse than before.” For many Syrians, this sums up their experience following the announcement of the US sanctions lift. Between hopes pinned on a political decision and a daily reality measured in...
What do Syrians want today? This is not merely a political question, but an existential one that extends beyond daily rhetoric. After more than a decade of pain, displacement and loss, aspirations range from basic survival to a safe home...
The issue of integrating the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF into the structure of the Syrian army is no longer a postponed or marginal item in the Syrian political debate. It has instead become one of the most complex and intertwined...
The 10 March agreement between Syria’s interim government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) marked a clear political shift away from military solutions and towards dialogue. At the time of its signing, the deal signalled an intent to address long-standing...