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The killing of the young woman Shirin Oso is one of dozens of crimes committed against women in Syria under the pretext of so-called “honour” – within a social and legal context that enables impunity and normalises violence as acceptable...

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates escalated sharply in the final week of December 2025 against the backdrop of the Yemen file, exposing deep fractures within a partnership that once led the Arab coalition. The crisis erupted...

“The new currency is beautiful and romantic, but without memory,” a phrase that sums up the sentiment of a segment of Syrians toward the new monetary issue that the Central Bank of Syria is moving to adopt gradually during 2026,...

The file of ISIS detainees and the camps housing the families of its members in northeastern Syria represents one of the most complex and dangerous issues in the current Syrian landscape, not only because of its security nature, but due...

Al-Hasakah, Syria – The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria said on Tuesday that a new round of negotiations with the interim government is expected in early January, aimed at overcoming obstacles in implementing the March 10 agreement. Yasser...

It would be a mistake to overlook the fact that Syria’s accession to the international coalition against ISIS represents an urgent security and economic necessity for President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s government. Militarily, the new Syrian forces suffer from a clear shortage...

After the fall of ISIS’s so-called caliphate in 2019, the organisation continued to exist through small, decentralised cells that move from one place to another – sometimes openly, sometimes in secret. Following the collapse of the Assad regime, ISIS activity...

Security challenges continue as ISIS maintains its presence in the Syrian Badia to this day, despite its military defeat and the loss of territorial control across large parts of Syria and Iraq in 2019. The Badia’s vast geography and complex...

Recent developments in Britain’s sanctions policy towards Syria suggest a noticeable shift in London’s approach after years of imposing broad measures that affected the state and its institutions. In a new step, the British government announced targeted sanctions against several...

Security concerns are escalating in the battle to eliminate ISIS, driven by a threat no less serious than direct military challenges – the potential infiltration of the interim Syrian government’s security and military institutions by ISIS cells. This risk is...