What comes after an “impossible revolution” succeeds? Idrees Ahmad reviews Robin Yassin-Kassab’s The Blood Between Us and the possibilities and perils facing Syria after Assad.

What comes after an “impossible revolution” succeeds? Idrees Ahmad reviews Robin Yassin-Kassab’s The Blood Between Us and the possibilities and perils facing Syria after Assad.

“Last year I mentioned that Syria has returned. Today, I say that Syria is rising.” Ahmed al-Sharaa returned to the UN with Syria’s diplomatic standing transformed. Now comes the harder task: turning ...

Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood survived decades of repression and exile. Now, facing regional pressure and internal divisions, can it find a place in Syria’s new political order

“Last year I mentioned that Syria has returned. Today, I say that Syria is rising.” Ahmed al-Sharaa returned to the UN with Syria’s diplomatic standing transformed. Now comes the harder task: turning ...

“Last year I mentioned that Syria has returned. Today, I say that Syria is rising.” Ahmed al-Sharaa returned to the UN with Syria’s diplomatic standing transformed. Now comes the harder task: turning ...

Syria is racing to restore gas production at al-Tabiya before winter, but technical problems, infrastructure constraints and questions over management could complicate the plant’s return.

Syria is racing to restore gas production at al-Tabiya before winter, but technical problems, infrastructure constraints and questions over management could complicate the plant’s return.

Syria is racing to restore gas production at al-Tabiya before winter, but technical problems, infrastructure constraints and questions over management could complicate the plant’s return.

Europe and Syria are now confronting different phases of the same legacy. Europe continues to grapple with inherited ideological networks and family ties. Syrian officials, meanwhile, warn that some d...

Syria is racing to restore gas production at al-Tabiya before winter, but technical problems, infrastructure constraints and questions over management could complicate the plant’s return.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has transformed Syria into a key transit route for Iraqi oil bound for Europe. Since April, some 15 million barrels have been exported through the country.Yet Syria...

Soldiers, pilots and spies built the Syria-Pakistan relationship long before today’s diplomatic rapprochement. Now those old connections could give Islamabad an unexpected role in rebuilding Syria’s s...

Fuel price hikes have sparked widespread protests across Syria, with anger reaching Idlib’s Maarat al-Numan, where residents say rising costs threaten livelihoods, reconstruction and the country’s agr...

Fuel price hikes have sparked widespread protests across Syria, with anger reaching Idlib’s Maarat al-Numan, where residents say rising costs threaten livelihoods, reconstruction and the country’s agr...

Soldiers, pilots and spies built the Syria-Pakistan relationship long before today’s diplomatic rapprochement. Now those old connections could give Islamabad an unexpected role in rebuilding Syria’s s...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has transformed Syria into a key transit route for Iraqi oil bound for Europe. Since April, some 15 million barrels have been exported through the country.Yet Syria...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has transformed Syria into a key transit route for Iraqi oil bound for Europe. Since April, some 15 million barrels have been exported through the country.Yet Syria...

9/11 belongs to American history. But it is also part of Syria’s history. The Iraq war, jihadism, sectarianism, Islamic State and Assad’s fall all bear the imprint of the forces unleashed after Septem...

9/11 belongs to American history. But it is also part of Syria’s history. The Iraq war, jihadism, sectarianism, Islamic State and Assad’s fall all bear the imprint of the forces unleashed after Septem...

Damascus University’s Political Science Faculty was once closely tied to the Baath Party. Now, it is trying to reinvent itself.But how do you de-Baathify a university after decades of authoritarian ru...

Damascus University’s Political Science Faculty was once closely tied to the Baath Party. Now, it is trying to reinvent itself.But how do you de-Baathify a university after decades of authoritarian ru...

Syria Direct is entering a new chapter. As Syria changes, so must its journalism. Why we're expanding beyond a news website and returning home to help build the future of independent Syrian media.

Harried by government security campaigns, IS appears unable to regain territorial control in Syria, instead working to maintain visibility through limited operations while betting on the failure of th...

The living and the dead are coming home to Afrin as displaced families return with the remains of their loved ones, fulfilling a long-held wish to lay them to rest in their native soil.

Israeli incursions and violations are making life increasingly untenable in southern Syrian border villages, as residents curtail their movements, suspend reconstruction and investment, and consider l...