Syria's interim president signs deal with Kurdish-led SDF to merge forces
The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal ...
The Economist4d
After the bloodshed, can Syria’s president unite his country?
Sharaa, seemed to waver between his jihadist past and his presidential present. After the first day of violence he made a ...
EU steps up financial support for Syrians but says hope is 'hanging by a thread'
The bloc is pledging almost €2.5 billion in further support but says investments hinge on a 'credible' and 'inclusive' ...
Middle East Eye6d
Landmark SDF deal hailed as positive step for Syria and Kurds
As the new authorities in Damascus face their greatest challenge to credibility in western Syria, a surprise deal ... attacks on the coastal region, home to members of the Alawi community, to ...
How the Assads sucked Syria dry
The trove of papers, seen by AFP, unveils the Fourth Division’s widespread exploitation of Syria’s war-torn economy, spanning ...
Brussels hosts Syrian foreign minister for talks on country’s political and economic transition
The EU is hoping to rally further support for Syria’s fragile transition, days after sectarian violence erupted in the ...
PNI Atlantic News on MSN5d
Syria: Who is to blame?
They kidnapped; they killed; they humiliated; they kicked people out of jobs,” explained an Alawite writer living in coastal ...
Foreign Affairs4d
The Axis of Resistance Is Primed to Take Another Hit
Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...
The Associated Press on MSN6d
Mahmoud Khalil didn’t wear a mask. He’s now the face of Trump’s crackdown on campus protests
When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University's campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a ...
Al Jazeera on MSN4d
Trump’s USAID freeze must serve as a wake-up call for Africa
President Donald Trump sanctioned a 90-day halt on foreign aid, a decision that affected all financial support distributed by ...
Daily Sabah6d
US-backed YPG yields to new Syria’s unity bid
Since 2015, the PKK/YPG has occupied several Syrian provinces, including Arab-majority Deir el-Zour, a resource-rich region bordering Iraq, bisected by the Euphrates River and home to dozens of tribal ...