JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From ...

America’s ill-fated wars in Iraq and Afghanistan gave the U.S. armed forces more than two decades of vital counterterrorism ...

In the Damascus neighbourhood of Jobar, which saw some of the war’s fiercest fighters, hidden dangers are lurking amongst the ...

As Syrians head home in large numbers, they are unearthing new dangers in mines, bombs, and other explosive remnants of war.

It felt like a carnival, he recalls. But Zainie, 34, who wears a stonewashed denim jacket with a flipped collar, had a niggling worry: Syria's new leaders had banned alcohol in Idlib, northwest Syria, ...

Syria’s new education minister, the only Kurd in the cabinet, wants to bridge gaps between the federal education system and ...

Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community published on March 2025, paints a grim picture of Syria’s future.

The two factions – sanctioned by the US State Department in August 2023 for reportedly committing atrocities in northwest Syria – operate under the umbrella of the Turkish-backed Syrian ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Residents of the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria were able to freely celebrate Newroz (the New Year) for the first time since the enclave was invaded by militia ...

But Zainie, 34, who wears a stonewashed denim jacket with a flipped collar, had a niggling worry: Syria's new leaders had banned alcohol in Idlib, northwest Syria, where they first governed in 2017.