Syria
Russian military backing for Damascus will stay firm
Rebel and salafi-jihadist hopes for an opening from the Wagner crisis are ill-founded
SyriaSyria may reach out to Israel-governed Druze
Violent protests over wind turbines in the Golan Heights reflect deeper political disaffection
IsraelRussia will strain to break the Syrian-Turkish impasse
The 20th and final round of peace negotiations in Astana repeated longstanding themes
SyriaWebinar: Gulf geopolitics in flux
Iranian-Arab reconciliation is underway, as China bolsters its regional foothold, possibly at the United States’ expense
Middle EastSyria’s frozen conflict will resist normalisation
Damascus would like to leverage its renewed Arab status to restore territorial control
SyriaSyrian tensions will drive food insecurity
Despite good rainfall, the conflict is affecting this season’s wheat harvest
SyriaSyria’s gestures to the Arab League face limits
Ahead of attendance at the upcoming summit, Damascus has extended aid crossing access and targeted another drug smuggler
SyriaSyria’s Assad is rising, but could overplay his hand
As Syrian, Turkish, Iranian and Russian foreign ministers meet, President Bashar al-Assad gets his Arab summit invite
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