US EditionSyria flashes signs of peril and promise in a week of violence and diplomacy
- Syria's new interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa faced significant challenges in unifying the country after more than a decade of civil war.
- Clashes between government forces and armed groups led to sectarian violence that killed hundreds of civilians, mostly among Alawites, a minority sect supporting the previous regime.
- The Syrian Democratic Forces, controlling the northeast, agreed to merge with the national army, supported by the U.S. and Turkey.
- Ammar Kahf stated that rebuilding trust requires the new leaders to protect lives and promote unity among all communities.
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32 Articles
Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: The Jungle and the Leopard
Events in Syria continue to evolve at lightspeed. In December 2024, regional and Western governments rushed to engage the new al-Qaeda-affiliated Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government, which is supported by NATO member Turkey. Jubilation intoxicated the general population and the diaspora following the anticlimactic fall of the Assad regime. Nearly three months later, the honeymoon has run its course and the jungle holds on to the spots.After th…
Senators Hesitant To Respond To Mass Killings In Syria
By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | March 12, 2025 Amid reported mass killings of ethno-religious minorities in Syria, senators are reluctant to recommend intervention in a region that has been a focal point of American foreign policy in years past. It was a bloody weekend in Syria, where forces loyal to the government, jihadists, and individual actors reportedly killed hundreds of civilians. Many were Christians and Alawites, the latter bein…
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‘Brighter future hangs in the balance’ in Syria after 14 years of war
‘Brighter future hangs in the balance’ in Syria after 14 years of war The Constitutional Declaration issued by Syria's caretaker authorities marks a pivotal moment in the country's turbulent transition, with UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen expressing cautious optimism about its potential to fill a legal vacuum and pave the way for a "credible and inclusive political transition". The announcement comes as Syria marks 14 years since peaceful protes…
Rojava After Assad: Where Next for the Kurdish Struggle?
On the 8th December 2024, the Assad regime in Syria fell, replaced by a group of former jihadists called Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham. In the north east of the country, in a territory called Rojava, a feminist socialist revolution has been ongoing for since 2012. Then a few weeks ago, Abdullah Öcalan, a Kurdish leader who has been imprisoned by Turkey for 26 years, called on the PKK, the Kurdish Worker’s Party, to disband. Elif Sarican is a writer, org…
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