At the end of January, Ahmed al-Sharaa stepped up to a podium in the presidential palace in Damascus, dressed in the olive-drab uniform of a military commander. Seven weeks had passed since he stunned ...

FOR WEEKS Turkish army officials had been travelling to Syrian air bases, and hashing out plans to equip some with air-defence systems and armed drones. Preparations for Turkey’s takeover of the t4 ...

Within hours of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator, fleeing Damascus in December last year, Israeli troops were on the move. They occupied territory in southern Syria stretching from the highest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Turkey is reportedly making preparations to take control over ...