Those undertaking the colossal task of building Syria’s new army face significant challenges. While former rebel commanders ...

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani shared his insights on a range of key topics, including the United States ...

A Turkish team of 25 technicians has been sent to Syria to work on rebuilding Damascus International Airport, with Ankara ...

Turkey will not allow terrorist organisations to take shelter in northern Syria and will not hesitate to take action in that ...

This briefing featured Gönül Tol, Senior Fellow at MEI and the author of Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria. The briefing also featured Ibrahim Al-Assil, Senior Fellow at MEI, ...

Turkey’s foreign minister says his country would reconsider its military presence in northeastern Syria if that country’s new leaders eliminate a Kurdish militant group designated as a terrorist ...

Israeli observers offer contrasting outlooks on whether Russia will—or should, from Israel's perspective—retain its foothold in Syria.

Turkey views the Kurds as an existential threat, despite their past role as a key US ally in the fight against ISIS – now, ...

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Turkey’s ruling AKP views the fall of Assad in Syria as an opportunity to project power across the region. But the ...

While Syrians around the world are celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, they are still cautious about what comes next.

Their already grim camps swelled again in 2023 after a deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and northern Syria. Since the fall of Assad, some displaced Syrians have begun to return home ...