Syria
The Assad Regime Had No Intention of Reforming the Police State, and Had It Won the War, It Would Likely Have Become Even More Repressive
Inside Damascus, You Can Feel the Stark Absence of the State
One Often Finds the Armed Group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Described as Either Being al-Qa ‘Ida or ‘al-Qa‘Ida-Linked’; This Is Simply Not the Case
The Old Dictatorship Was Gone. But Was a New, Islamist Regime in the Process of Being Formed?
Inside Syria’s Ancient Capital, a Lone Jewish Guardian Watches over Abandoned Properties While Islamist Rulers Patrol the Rubble of Historic Synagogues
How a Secret Intelligence Pact Between Turkey and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham Exposed Ankara’s Double Game on Terrorism
From the Sykes-Picot Agreement to Abu Mohamed Al-Julani’s Lightning Revolution
What Better Way to Acquire a Base than for Free?
Kurdish-Led Syrian Democratic Forces Have Been a Key U.S. Partner in the Fight Against the Islamic State Terror Group
Policymakers, Think-Tankers, and the Media Should Critically Assess and Withhold Unverified Turkish Reports
‘America First’ Need Not Mean Isolationism—It Should Mean Carefully Assessing Which Overseas Investments Benefit America
Ömer Çiftçi Was Granted Syrian Citizenship and Listed in the Resolution Under the Name of Umar Mohammed Jaftash
The Kurds Do Not Want the Americans to Defend Them; They Want the Americans to Enable Them to Defend Themselves
Given Trump’s Intended Focus On Countering China, Syrian Kurds Should Aim to Change the Conversation by Reaching Out to Taiwan
Last Year’s Sequence of Events Has Substantially Shifted the Strategic Balance of the Region
Efforts to Unify Rebel Factions in Post-Assad Syria Face Distrust and Competing Agendas
Abdulkadir Şen—A Radical Who Has Evaded Terrorism Investigations in Turkey—Made Predictions About Global Jihad’s Evolving Tactics and Targets