Syria was among the first nations to be added to the State Department’s proscribed list. It has been removed under the rule of a former al-Qaida-affiliated militant.
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The attack in Palmyra reveals deep vulnerabilities in Syria’s security architecture, highlighting the challenges of reforming a fragmented state after conflict.
A quarter of the 6 million Syrians who fled the country during the decadelong civil war have returned home in the past 12 months.
Women have won just six seats so far in the new 210-member parliament. This is not surprising considering how few were permitted to vote or stand as candidates.
A US-backed diplomatic push is trying to end months of Israeli attacks on Syria with a bilateral security pact. But concluding an agreement may prove a tall order.
Syria’s economy has been battered by war – the coming years will be decisive.
Israel’s strikes in Syria, framed as protecting the Druze, reflect a strategy to fragment the Syrian state and secure Israel’s role as the dominant regional power.
A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite and Druze communities.
PKK disarmament could mark a new era for the Kurds, but the situation has regional implications.
Ankara sees the fall of the Assad regime and the rise of new Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa as a generational opportunity for domestic and regional goals.
After days of violence there is some good news for the new Syrian government.
Hundreds of thousands have been killed in civil war-torn Syria.
More than 6 million Syrians fled the country after it descended into civil war in 2011.
Syria faces real challenges. A look at the research on post-Arab Spring challenges offers some answers for a region wracked by many crises.
While Ahmed al-Shara consolidates his authority in Damascus, armed conflict is escalating in northern Syria.
Assad’s loss is Turkey’s gain, but other powers are also vying for control of the Middle East.
With the downfall of the old Syrian regime, countries like Germany which welcomed Syrian refugees are now talking about sending them home.
The new regime must gain international recognition and support while building trust from Syria’s population.
Since 2011, the weaponization of regional and global supply chains through economic sanctions has devastated Syria’s economic and social activities.
The fall of the Assad regime marks a turning point in Syria’s history. But it also opens a ‘chapter fraught with peril’ for the country’s minorities, an expert on religious minorities writes.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics, Lancaster University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies, Nazareth University