After 12 Years, Syria Joins the Arab League After 12 Years, Syria Joins the Arab League
Will regional reconciliation provide a chance for de-escalation and end a damaging civil war?
May 23, 2023 / Helena Cobban
The Earthquake Has Left Syrian Kurds Even More Under Siege The Earthquake Has Left Syrian Kurds Even More Under Siege
Between devastating natural disasters and relentless attacks by Assad and Erdogan, the Kurds of Syria face threats from all sides.
Mar 8, 2023 / no-paywall / Kurtis Dengler and Debbie Bookchin
How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag
Like thousands of others, Omar Alshogre was repeatedly tortured in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons—but unlike so many, he got out. Now he’s telling the world about the regime’s industria...
May 30, 2019 / Hisham Aidi
Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy
The Hawaii congresswoman’s anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes.
Jan 17, 2019 / Evan Hill
For Once, Trump Isn’t Wrong For Once, Trump Isn’t Wrong
US intervention in Syria has been a disaster. Withdrawing troops from the region is the right thing to do.
Dec 21, 2018 / James Carden
Syria Moves One Step Closer to Ending the Civil War Syria Moves One Step Closer to Ending the Civil War
Each player had its reasons for not going forward with a cataclysmic offensive against the last rebel stronghold, in Idlib.
Oct 17, 2018 / Roy Gutman
The Syrian War Is Still Raging, but the Battle Over Reconstruction Has Already Begun The Syrian War Is Still Raging, but the Battle Over Reconstruction Has Already Begun
Russia is pushing for Western funding—with little success.
Sep 5, 2018 / Richard Salame
Horror in Southern Syria, as 300,000 Flee a Government Assault Horror in Southern Syria, as 300,000 Flee a Government Assault
The Assad regime has indeed won—it has won the war against its own people.
Jul 11, 2018 / Loubna Mrie
Trump’s Attack on Syria Shows the US Still Considers Itself a Global Policeman Trump’s Attack on Syria Shows the US Still Considers Itself a Global Policeman
Whatever the stated rationale for the air strikes, the bottom line is that they are a violation of international law and of our own Constitution.
Apr 17, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump Just Launched Another Illegal Attack Against Syria Trump Just Launched Another Illegal Attack Against Syria
Administration hard-liners are putting US national-security interests in grave jeopardy.
Apr 16, 2018 / James Carden