The U.S. president has said that Washington aims to seize Syria’s oil, but no one takes the explanation seriously.
Syria’s Armenians risk losing their identity and language as they move to the Republic of Armenia.
The European Union has several priorities in taking a position on Turkey’s intervention in Syria.
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In an interview, Ruslan Mamedov unpacks Moscow’s policy in Syria and its attitude toward Bashar al-Assad.
Ankara is dealing with the United States and Russia, but what is defining this treacherous triangle?
In an interview, Joseph Daher says the Syrian reconstruction approach is impoverishing an exhausted population.
Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa
Countries are forcibly sending Syrians back home, though their country remains highly insecure.
Albukamal and Qaim lie on a Syrian-Iraqi boundary that has had regional implications for decades.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
The ongoing offensive of the Syrian Army in Idlib is linked to the U.S.-Turkish rapprochement further east.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Lebanon is increasingly mistreating its Syrian refugees, even sending some home to face a terrible fate.
Postwar reconstruction in Syria, as in Lebanon previously, is about ensuring continued control of territory.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Turkish, U.S., and European maneuvers continue around northern Syria, where the fighting has escalated.
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
In an interview, Haroutioun Akdedian discusses his recent Carnegie article on the expansion of Syria’s religious domain.