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  • Dec 9, 2024
  • 7 min read

Uncertainty will cloud Syria's outlook

Nearly 14 years since an uprising began in Syria, rebels have succeeded in ousting President Bashar al-Assad from power

Syria
  • Dec 6, 2024
  • 2 min read

Syrian rebels will seek recognition

In parallel with advances on the ground, the HTS leader is comforting Syrians regarding the nature of the rebels' rule

Syria
  • Dec 4, 2024
  • 2 min read

Turkey will improve its position in Syria

Ankara-backed rebels are making gains in northern Syria

Turkey
  • Dec 2, 2024
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Allies will rally to support Syrian president

The Syrian opposition in the north managed significant progress on the ground, entering Aleppo on November 29

Syria
  • Nov 13, 2024
  • 2 min read

Turkish hopes of US exit from Syria may be misplaced

Ankara hopes Trump will withdraw US forces from Syria, but his cabinet picks signal otherwise

Turkey
  • Sep 13, 2024
  • 2 min read

Israel could move to more complex operations in Syria

Israel undertook a major ground operation to eliminate an Iranian weapons facility in Syria

Israel
  • Dec 15, 2023
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North-west Syria’s top rebel faction will keep control

A former al-Qaida offshoot constitutes a key part of Syria’s frozen conflict

Syria
  • Sep 2, 2024
  • 7 min read

Insecurity will rise across Jordan’s border with Syria

Drug and arms smuggling and Iranian interference are creating security issues for the Jordanian authorities

Jordan
  • Feb 9, 2024
  • 7 min read

Syrian Kurds might lose their US military protection

Regional impacts of the Gaza conflict and devastating Turkish airstrikes are pressuring the Kurdish-led administration

Syria
  • Jul 16, 2024
  • 2 min read

Syria signals that talks with Turkey will be tough

Damascus has suggested it will not be forthcoming and give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a free publicity boost

Syria
  • Sep 11, 2023
  • 7 min read

Syria's ruler will seek to ride out economic protests

The largest anti-government demonstrations since 2011 coincide with new instability in the Kurdish-controlled northeast

Syria