In Aleppo’s Ruins, Vigilantes Help Syria’s New Rulers Keep the Peace
The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...
Syrian president invited Turkey's Erdogan to visit Syria soon
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa invited Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to visit Syria soon in a joint press conference in ...
Middle East Eye21d
Looting and destruction: The reality of return for Syria’s 13 million displaced
the home they fled now lies in ruins. Nowhere is this more clear than the towns along a stretch of the M5 highway that connects Hama to Aleppo. In early 2020, this was the front line of Syria’s ...
A new Syrian government struggles to reset its corrupt, besieged economy
With Syria's corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, the caretaker government’s priority ...
Al Jazeera English7d
Syria’s Baath party dissolved: What happens next?
Syria’s former governing party, the Baath, is no more. The party had ruled the country for decades until it was overthrown, along with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on December 8 ...
Wall Street Journal3d
In Aleppo’s Ruins, Vigilantes Help Syria’s New Rulers Keep the Peace
ALEPPO, Syria—Late one January night, two balaclava-clad security officers with Syria’s new government were speeding through the streets of Aleppo in pursuit of a man who had been spotted ...