Publications

Syria Conflict Security Graduation Graduates of Syria s General Security forces under the country s new administration attend a ceremony in the northern city of Aleppo on February 12, 2025. Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview released on February 10, that thousands of people were joining the country s new army following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and the dissolution of his military. Since the fall of longtime ruler Assad in December, Syria s authorities have dissolved the for

The Last Faction Standing: How Did HTS Survive the Conflict and Make It to Damascus?

20 February 2025

September 11, 2021 - Erbil, Iraq. Iraqi Kurdistan Region

The left parties of Iraqi Kurdistan: Divided, but not hopeless.

16 February 2025

Selling Fuel In The Streets Of Damascus Fuel vendors from Lebanon are increasingly appearing on the streets of Damascus, attracted by the lower price of Lebanese fuel compared to Syrian fuel.

Now that there are no limits, we can think in a collective Syrian way

12 February 2025

Hope Rekindled: The Struggle for Lebanon’s Government and the Challenges Ahead

06 February 2025

December 18, 2024, Damascus, Syria: The Syrian Military Intelligence Branch 215 was a jail for political prisoners during a brutal regime where countless men disappeared amid accounts of torture in Damascus Syria on December 18, 2024. A rebel offensive led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates more than 100,000 people died in Syrian prisons and now desperate family members search for their disappeared loved ones. Damasc

From Authoritarianism to Uncertainty: An Explainer of Syria’s Journey under the House of Assad

06 February 2025

Syrians Celebrate Assads Ouster A man carrying a child walks among the crowd during celebrations in Idlib, Syria, on January 31, 2025. Syrians have taken to the streets in celebration following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. Idlib Idlib Syria Copyright: xBilalxAlhammoudx

Interview with Ansar Jasim

05 February 2025

Tanks and abandoned military vehicles, while spread opposition fighters spread

Lebanon’s Presidential Crossroads: Signs of a Post-Hezbollah Era?

07 January 2025