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Iran’s post-Soleimani strategy in Syria

LATEST FROM Damascus

The Caesar Act: The beginning or end of US Syria Policy?

January 05

As the Caesar Act was signed into law, human rights groups celebrated a hard-fought victory, but it remains unclear how the new sanctions fit into current US policy towards Syria ...

Syrian Christians: Exploited or protected minority?

December 22

While all sides of the Syrian civil war claim to be the true protector of Syrian Christians, the religious minority feels increasingly unsafe. Who, if anyone, is standing up for S...

How is the Lebanese crisis affecting Syria?

December 10

The mass protests in Lebanon have had a ripple effect on the Syrian Lira and its economy in general, worsening an already disastrous economic situation.

Residents of Damascus suffer under rising prices and economic slowdown

December 08

Syrians today are acting like economists, meticulously monitoring the price of the national currency against the US dollar. With the rapid decline in the value of the Syrian pound...

The constitutional committee: a sign of hope or a wasted opportunity?

December 06

In spite of the celebratory language that characterized the UN announcement of the formation of the Syrian constitutional committee, the committee’s meetings do not seem to meet t...

‘No place for hate’: Eight years later, Syrians still feel welcomed in Jordan

November 14

Jordan stands out for accepting Syrian refugees en-masse and represents a success story as it continues to welcome refugees at both the official and grassroots levels.

Sieda: ‘The Kurdish issue must be resolved within a national framework that includes all Syrians’

October 30

Syria Direct sat down with Dr. Abdulbasit Sieda, the former president of the Syrian National Council, to discuss the future of the Kurds and the Syrian national opposition in the ...

‘The constitutional committee’: A return to a political solution or evasion of international resolutions? (Timeline)

October 30

After years of countless negotiations and meetings, Syria’s “constitutional committee” begins its work in Geneva today. Will the committee lead to a political solution to the Syri...

IDP camps in northwest Syria race to prepare for potentially disastrous rainy season

October 28

IDP camps in northwest Syria face potential disaster if they do not prepare adequately for the coming rainy season

Kurdish, Turkish groups compete for influence in Washington D.C. as invasion looms

October 07

As tensions came to a head in northeastern Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest threat to invade east of the Euphrates, a variety of Syrian-Kurdish and Turki...

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