Syria

  • May 18, 2020
  • 7 min read

Syria’s Deraa will see chronic instability and poverty

Damascus is bringing in troops after nine policemen were killed in the restive southern province

Syria
  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 7 min read

Erdogan-Putin relations will outweigh Syria frictions

Bilateral diplomacy should help Moscow and Ankara navigate through a near-conflict situation

Syria
  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 7 min read

Ceasefire may ultimately dislodge Turkey from Syria

Idlib and Libyan adventures aim at boosting Erdogan’s flagging domestic support by posing as regional superpower

Turkey
  • Feb 25, 2020
  • 8 min read

Russia pursues its own aims, not Iran's, in Syria

Close military coordination has been a winning formula, but it is not an alliance

Russia
  • Feb 10, 2020
  • 7 min read

Idlib will weaken but not break Turkish-Russian ties

Erdogan has locked himself into a no-win situation in Syria.

Turkey
  • Feb 7, 2020
  • 7 min read

Damascus may press on in Idlib, at high human cost

A Moscow-backed advance against the final rebel stronghold has ignited tensions with Ankara

Syria
  • Feb 4, 2020
  • 7 min read

Damascus will likely fail to stem currency collapse

Military advances come as economic indicators are worsening sharply

Syria
  • Jan 24, 2020
  • 7 min read

Soleimani’s death may further weaken Iran in Syria

As the civil war draws to a close, questions have arisen over the fate of Tehran’s foreign militias

Syria