Fall of Syria’s Assad narrows China’s diplomatic space in the Middle East
There is too much power in the hands of the US and regional actors like Turkey for China to play a key role After Russia and ...
How Assad's Inner Circle Fled Syria After His Fall
President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, leaving behind many of his collaborators, some of whom sought refuge in neighbouring countries. According to two sources, the ousted president, ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.
Russia’s Abrupt Setback in Syria Creates Headaches for Putin
Losing Syrian military bases would hurt the Kremlin’s attempts to project power in the Middle East and Africa.
US scraps $10m bounty for arrest of Syria's new leader Sharaa
The first appearance of a formal US delegation in more than a decade is a sign of dramatic shifts since Assad's fall.
Syrians cautious about Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham monopolizing power, call for civil state
Ahmad Sharaa, the head of the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, will have real success by not making the same ousted ...
Turkey and Russia engage in delicate maneuvers over Syria after Assad’s downfall
The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between ...
Military Times2d
US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says
The U.S. more than doubled its number of troops in Syria — from 900 to around 2,000 — before the fall of President Bashar ...
Putin ‘promises’ to ask Assad for help in finding Austin Tice following letter from mother
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to ask former Syrian President Assad for help in obtaining information on American ...
Foreign Affairs2d
How to Hold Syria Together
Still, it is in everyone’s interest that Syria succeed. Syrians do not want to endure further strife and devastation, and the ...
Al-Monitor2d
Defeat of Syria's Assad stirs a mother's bitterness
In the villages above the Syrian port city of Tartus they once hailed the sons who died fighting in Bashar al-Assad's service ...
The National Interest3d
The Final Days of Bashar al-Assad
The demise of the Syrian regime was marked by internal confusion, last-minute diplomatic wrangling, and the exposure of its ...