Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, ...
Assad’s final ouster appeared abrupt, it had its roots in Syria’s 2011 antigovernment protests, and Syrians will now face ...
2. Ending corruption is all important One of the drivers of the Arab Spring and the Syrian revolution was anger over corrupt business deals. Indeed, relatives and cronies of Assad owned de facto ...
Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, has been named as Syria’s president for a transitional period.
The US has a rare opportunity to remake Syrian policy after a decade of anti-ISIS policy and after decades of the Assad ...
While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences of other Arab countries more than a decade ago. In the winter of 2010, an ...