Syrians

December 16, 2024 | Natalie Ecanow, Ahmad Sharawi

A new window into the Assad regime’s narcotrafficking operations

In the wake of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, footage began circulating that allegedly showed production hubs in Syria for the amphetamine-like drug fenethylline, now commonly known by one of its former brand...

December 11, 2024 | |

‘Liberated by Syrian Youth’: Khamenei Labels New Syrian Government as Foreign Occupation

Khamenei Labels New Syrian Government as U.S.-Israeli Occupation: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei characterized the new Syrian government as a U.S. and Israeli “occupation”...

July 28, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Majdal Shams on the frontline

Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the Golan, mourns after a devastating rocket attack. Discover the resilience of this community amid tragedy and conflict.

July 15, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Syria’s regime holds symbolic legislative ‘elections’

The elections are worth watching for what they may tell us regarding the regime’s attempts to return to regions in Syria illegally occupied by Turkey.

July 5, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The rise and fall of Putin’s warlord

Yevgeny Prigozhin sought more than wealth and power

June 21, 2023 | David Adesnik |

Bashar Al Assad Must Pay

Arab leaders have welcomed Syria back into the diplomatic fold, but the U.S. Congress remains committed to holding the regime of Bashar al Assad accountable for a decade of atrocities.  In...

June 2, 2023 | Natalie Ecanow |

Meet the U.S.-Funded Force Behind Lebanon’s Refugee Crackdown

The Biden administration’s Lebanon policy ends up propping up the very order it claims to oppose.

March 22, 2023 | |

Nations Pledge $1 Billion of Post-Quake Assistance for Syria Despite History of Aid Theft

Latest Developments At a conference on Monday in Brussels, donor states pledged an additional $1 billion of humanitarian aid to help Syrians recover from a February 6 earthquake that took thousands of lives....

March 7, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran’s Slow Boil

The clerical regime in Tehran has held the streets. It remains to be seen, however, if the strategies employed to keep the ayatollahs afloat will prevail. When Mahsa Amini, a young Sunni Kurdish-Iranian girl, died on September 16 in the custody of the morality police, nationwide demonstrations erupted, often with young women and girls on the frontlines.

February 9, 2023 | |

First Aid Delivery After Quake Reaches Northwest Syria

Monday’s earthquake shut down the sole border crossing through which United Nations (UN) aid reaches northwest Syria from southern Turkey. This morning, however, a half-dozen UN trucks reached the Bab al-Hawa crossing, raising hopes that humanitarian supplies will reach Syrians in need.

September 7, 2022 | Tony Badran |

America’s Regional Integration Scheme Benefits Iran

The Obama-Biden doctrine means that our Mideast allies don’t have to like the Iran deal. They just have to pay for it.

August 11, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Totalitarians Inc.

Why is Joe Biden alternately ignoring and funding the ever-closer alliance between Iran and Putin?

July 21, 2022 | David Adesnik |

How Russia Won the UN Showdown Over Syria

The Biden administration made the critical error of negotiating without leverage

May 21, 2022 | David May |

End the WHO’s Unhealthy Obsession With Israel

Eliminating the World Health Organization’s double standard will not only ensure Israel’s fair treatment but allow the WHO to address the world’s true health problems.

February 23, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Soleimani U

A new academic center in Caracas named after the Iranian mass murderer is the latest node in Tehran’s soft power network in Latin America

January 26, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

How “Never again!” became “never mind”

To the fashionably woke, Uyghur lives don’t matter

January 10, 2022 | David Adesnik, K.M. Schaefer

Syria Faces Omicron Amid a Shortage of Vaccines

As in other countries, statistics do not convey the extent of the suffering.

December 22, 2021 | Matthew Zweig |

The Coming Middle East Narco Wars

In April, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states temporarily banned the import of agricultural products from Lebanon. This was not a response to political events or to an overt...

December 9, 2021 | David Adesnik, Matthew Zweig

Biden Administration Creates Potential Sanctions Loophole for Assad

The Biden administration in late November lifted a longstanding rule that forbade non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from doing business with the regime of Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad, justifying the...

October 22, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Syria’s challenge to Tony Blinken’s conscience

Excerpt The Nazi massacre at Babyn Yar claimed the lives of 33,771 Ukrainian Jews in September 1941. To mark the 80th anniversary of the massacre, Secretary of State Antony Blinken meditated on the...