Like most Syrians, the Kurds are celebrating the end of Bashar al-Assad’s murderous reign. But their dream of autonomy is ...
After the Turkish military fired on US-backed forces in Syria, Washington better do something about Turkey’s Recep Tayyip ...
CNN mapped how rebel groups captured several key cities, cutting off pro-regime forces and successfully toppling Assad’s ...
By Vali Nasr, the Majid Khadduri professor of Middle East studies and international affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s ...
On Nov. 27, the rebels announced a striking initial success: They had overrun a Syrian government base, captured soldiers, taken tanks and seized several villages. “In a matter of about 10 hours,” an ...
Nobody saw it coming. After years of brutal war in Syria, many believed the battle lines had stabilized, leaving only ...
The fall of Bashar Assad's regime is cause for applause. The question is whether the opposition’s victory is, likewise, a ...
While the main opposition forces have seized Damascus, the rest of Syria is under the control of numerous other factions.
Whoever ends up governing is inheriting a country in the midst of a long-running crisis where needs are at their highest ...
The new reality in Syria may prove beneficial for some actors and detrimental for others — and there is no simple explanation ...
Assad regime toppled as rebel fighters seize control of Damascus - Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and ...
Winners and losers have already emerged, Turkey gained, Russia and Iran lost sway—but the gains and losses could prove ...