Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
While the Turkish president will continue to renew relations with countries across the Middle East, the possibility of a Türkiye-Syria rapprochement may depend on Iran’s involvement.
While the current refugee-hostile climate is fueled by an economic crisis, devaluation of the local currency, institutional collapse, and presidential deadlock, the security response to Syrian refugees is anything but new.
Riyadh’s biggest takeaways from the China-brokered deal with Iran are decreased military tensions and political independence from Washington.
While the devastating earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February 2023 caused entire cities to shut down, it also accelerated Syria’s reintegration into the Arab world.
The upcoming Turkish presidential election will have serious but uncertain consequences for the security and humanitarian situation in northwestern Syria.
Recent Hamas leadership appointments reflect the movement’s eagerness to deepen its connections with Iran and Hezbollah.
The Syrian regime is exploiting the chaos of the ongoing war to build a flourishing drug empire.
Russia hoped that a wave of foreign fighters would rally to support its fight in Ukraine, but no one came.
As the Syrian war continues, not only are Syrians being denied human rights in Syria, but they are also increasingly denied humanity in other countries, resulting in illegal refoulement.
The Islamic State (ISIS) has morphed into a non-spatial insurgency capable of conquering territorial boundaries.
Although the issue of women is prominent in the artwork of Arab women artists, the freedom that women artists enjoy is limited due to censorship, whether it is self-imposed or institutional.
The more-for-more approach can kickstart the deadlocked political process but cannot resolve the conflict.
Once pillars of global agriculture, Iraq and Syria are plagued by corruption-induced food insecurity. The collapse of Iraq’s agriculture sector over decades of conflict hints at Syria’s future.
As Turkey continues to take a hardline stance on the Kurds’ legal rights, international organizations and actors should take part in preventing Ankara from expanding further into Syria.
As Syria’s Civil War continues, the Ba’ath Party has reconstituted itself and seeks to consolidate a stranglehold over Syrian politics.
Oman’s growing influence in Syria could make it an increasingly important diplomatic actor there, though the Sultanate must tread carefully.
Sada asked experts to analyze potential flash points for the next U.S. administration—ranging from the globalization of Libya’s war to the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Yemen, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and increasing authoritarianism and violations of civil liberties and human rights.
Though the UN advocates gender parity in peace processes, the ongoing facilitation of the Syrian Constitutional Committee exposes this superficial advocacy.
The shifting relationships between armies and civil society are revealing new balances within defense structures.
Dr. Khaled Almilaji discusses the coronavirus’ reach in Syria, the role of social mobilization in preventing an outbreak, and the precarious future of northwest Syria.