Aug. 13, 2018
For 60 years, successive Chinese governments have stood doggedly by an official policy of “nonintervention” in the internal affairs of other states.
And yet an August...
Aug. 12, 2018
The Islamic State is now scattered across the deserts of Syria and Iraq. Driven back on all fronts, almost all of the territories the hardline group controlled at its height in 20...
Aug. 6, 2018
In Syria’s rural northern Aleppo province, children raised speaking Arabic and Kurdish are set to begin studying Turkish this fall. Meanwhile, local council offices display ...
Aug. 1, 2018
Children in the Ain al-Issa camp in December 2017. Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP.
When the US-led international coalition launched its campaign against the Islamic State (IS) in 2...
Jul. 26, 2018
Dlshad Othman speaks at the UN in 2012. Photo courtesy of Eric Bridiers/Creative Commons.
Cybersecurity expert Dlshad Othman remembers a joke among Syrian activists after un...
Jul. 25, 2018
Two Yarmouk residents in 2015. Photo courtesy of Niraz Saied.
During the days of the siege, young photographers and media activists Niraz Saied and Ahmad Abbasi combed the street...
Jul. 23, 2018
Government buses gather in held Daraa in a photo from July 15. Photo courtesy of Nabaa Media.
Yahya al-Aridi had his first foray into negotiations in the early 90s, when he...
Jul. 19, 2018
Displaced Syrians place tents near the Jordanian border on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Abu Saeed.
In a barren patch of land between Syria’s southwestern Daraa pr...
Jul. 17, 2018
Members of the Syrian High Negotiations Committee (HNC) in Riyadh in June. Photo courtesy of HNC.
In late June, the Syrian opposition’s main negotiating body, the High Nego...
Jul. 10, 2018
Members of the newly elected Aleppo City Council last week, with Hashim center left in a white headscarf. Photo courtesy of The Local Council of Aleppo City.
In a landslide victo...
