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Russia and Iran: Between competitive partnership and rivalry

Moscow-Tehran relations are shaped and constrained by ideological and geopolitical developments in the Middle East and beyond.

What does Russia stand to gain from a ceasefire in Ukraine?

Recent history demonstrates that Russian commitments to ceasefires and humanitarian corridors are tentative at best and deliberately manipulative at worst.

Crimes of the Assad dynasty: Forty years of international impunity

Decades after the bloody Hama massacre, Syrian regime head Bashar al Assad has managed to cling to power, like his father, under the averted gaze of world powers.

How much longer can the EU hide behind legalese to cover its incompetence?

Brussels has become adept at using international laws to justify its inaction in much-needed conflict contexts like Syria.

‘A creeping disaster’: Water crisis in Syria and Iraq, explained

Drought is rapidly drying up the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, risking access to water for more than 12 million people in Syria and Iraq.

Syrian regime targets civilian settlements in Jarablus, Al Bab

Turkey's National Defense Ministry said Turkish troops in the region "have been alerted” and the developments are being followed.

Marking ten years of Aalwan’s childhood and Syria’s decade of war

Aalwan al Aalwan, 10, was born just days after Syria's revolt began in March 2011. Since then, he has lost his mother and friends to the ongoing war, and was displaced more that five times. Here's what happened to his country each year of his life:

The global community must do more to rid Afrin of terrorists

It's been nearly three years since a new governance and security infrastructure was put in place in Afrin, Syria - but the menace of terror still haunts its people.

Car bomb kills over dozen in Syria's Al bab

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the car bombing, but there has been a string of attacks by YPG/PKK terror group in Al Bab since its capture by Turkish troops from Daesh terrorists in 2017.

Syria's Assad sacks PM over worsening economy

Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad removed his prime minister of four years, as the country grapples with a stinging economic crisis and renewed protests. He is replaced by Water Resources Minister Hussein Arnous for an interim period.

Several cities in Syria move to adopt Turkish lira

The interim government and local councils announced the decision amid the Syrian Pound’s freefall as economic conditions worsened.

First Russian strikes since March truce hit Syria as regime widens control

Air strikes hit area where boundaries of Hama, Idlib, and Latakia provinces meet, triggering a fresh wave of displacement, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says.