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One Hundred Days of Syria’s New Government: Political Realignment, Sectarian Tensions, and the Struggle for National Cohesion
The first 100 days of this new governance offer critical insight into emerging dynamics, contradictions, and the formidable challenges Syria faces as it seeks to rebuild. One Hundred Days of Syria’s ...
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Lebanon to Hand Over 700 Syrian Prisoners to Damascus Under Bilateral Agreement
Lebanon has announced its readiness to transfer over 700 Syrian prisoners to Syria as part of a bilateral agreement concluded earlier this year, according to a Lebanese judicial source. The source, ...
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Syria and SDF Begin Implementation of Historic Agreement to Reinstate National Unity
Kurdish political factions, including the Kurdish National Council (ENKS) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD), have reached a consensus on a joint political vision calling for a federal, ...
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The View from Damascus – OK, Assad Has Fallen: What’s Next?
With the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria enters a critical juncture—one that holds both the promise of renewal and the peril of regression. Three recent op-eds by Paola Attia, Hassan al-Nifi, and ...
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Le Figaro on Assad’s Fatal Mistake: The U.S. Deal That Preceded His Fall
According to Le Figaro, the Biden administration, through the mediation of Oman, proposed confidential discussions in Muscat aimed at resolving key issues, including the fate of missing American ...
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Echoes of a Massacre: Survivor Testimonies Emerge from Syria’s Ravaged Coast
In the early days of March, in what should have been a tranquil seaside enclave on Syria’s western coast, a tragedy of unspeakable horror unfolded. Over six harrowing days beginning Thursday, March 6, ...
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The View from Damascus – Syria’s Constitutional Declaration: Reform or a Return to Authoritarianism?
The Syrian Constitutional Declaration, signed by transitional president Ahmad al-Sharaa on March 13, 2025, was meant to establish a legal framework for Syria’s five-year transitional period following ...
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Sharaa and Abdi Sign Agreement to Integrate SDF Into the State
The agreement stipulates the integration of all civil and military institutions in northeastern Syria into the administration of the Syrian state, including border crossings, airports, and oil and gas ...
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The View from Damascus – The Syrian Coastal Massacre and the Future of Post-Assad Syria
Since the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011, Alawite identity has been politically weaponized, both by the Assad regime, which positioned itself as the sect’s protector, and by its opponents, who ...
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Syrian Foreign Ministry Sets Conditions for Participation in Brussels Conference
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that no final decision has been made regarding its participation in the upcoming donor conference, scheduled to take place in Brussels on Monday.
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Germany Holds Secret Talks with Sharaa on the Repatriation of Syrian Refugees
The German newspaper Bild has revealed that Germany’s Interior Ministry is engaged in secret negotiations with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to explore the possibility of repatriating Syrian ...
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The New Salafism in Syria
Acknowledging the wounds inflicted by the Assad era should have led to the recognition that Syria’s tyrannical past must not dictate its future possibilities, Hossam Abu Hamed argues in Al-Araby ...