How an Assad-era law is threatening civil society groups in Syria

An old law from Syria's dictatorship is making life tough for human rights and aid organizations there. Is the Syrian interim ...

What’s happening in Syria’s Kurdish regions? | Explained

Explore the dynamics of Kurdish autonomy in Syria amid rising tensions, U.S. involvement, and Turkey's strategic interests.

Explained | Colonial borders: How West sparked the endless Middle East fire that still burns

The Middle East's persistent conflicts stem beyond oil, power struggles, and Shia-Sunni divides, tracing back to the Ottoman Empire's 1918 collapse and Western colonial interference. Britain and ...
Opinion

Syria’s Kurds have a problem

Fighting has returned to northeast Syria. Government forces are again pushing to take control of areas still held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A temporary truce is now in place, but after ...
UNHCR

Syria conflict at five years

GENEVA, March 15 (UNHCR) - As Syria's war reaches another grim milestone today, refugees fleeing the five-year conflict face greater hurdles to finding safety while international solidarity with its ...
The Conversation

Can Syria rebuild its economy from the ashes of war?

Faek Menla Ali does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The New York Times

How a Syrian Hiking Club Is Rediscovering the Country

Once the war began in 2011, exploring Syria freely became nearly impossible. On one trip in 2013, the group’s bus was shot at. Two years later, during a hike in a nature reserve in central Hama ...
The Conversation

Doing business in conflict zones: what companies can learn from Lafarge’s exit from Syria

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...