In an interview with Syria Direct, journalist and author Anand Gopal reflects on Syria’s unfinished revolution, its democratic experiments and the challenges facing the country’s new leadership.
Ten years after Burning Country, Robin Yassin-Kassab examines post-Assad Syria, capturing the possibilities of revolution alongside the violence, communal tensions and external threats confronting the country’s fragile political transition.
As the trial of former Assad regime security official Atef Najib moves forward, some lawyers and human rights experts warn that it may be premature in the absence of a legal framework for transitional justice.
Under the rule of the Assad regime — both father and son — Syria became known as the “Kingdom of Silence.” Since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in March 2011, hundreds of male and female journalists have lost their lives while covering the events that have unfolded across the country.
On the second anniversary of the revolution since the fall of the Assad regime, have its earliest aims—freedom, justice, dignity and the rule of law—been achieved, or is the journey far from over?
Families of detainees killed under torture in regime prisons mark the first anniversary of Assad’s fall with mixed emotions, a joy that remains incomplete without justice and accountability.
As Syrians mark the first anniversary of the fall of Assad on December 8, 2024, women who survived regime detention warn their ordeal did not end when they were released. For many, society remains a second prison.
Some Syrians returning from Jordan to Daraa use caravans smuggled out of Zaatari camp as temporary shelters while they work to rebuild their destroyed homes.
Thousands of refugees are packing up their lives and returning from Jordan’s Zaatari camp to Syria—a country that some have never known.
After a short-lived period of calm, clashes returned to Suwayda province on Tuesday, raising questions about the durability of a recent security agreement and the risk of a new wave of violence in southern Syria.
