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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, Russia September 29, 2021. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

Turkey’s Kurdish obsession explains Putin’s gains and US strains

Ömer Taşpınar

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

File photo dated March 25, 2003 of United States President George W. Bush (R) speaks next to US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (C) and US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz (L) during a visit at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. Photo by Alex Wong/Pool via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

Reflections on the long-term repercussions of September 11 for US policy in the Middle East

Itamar Rabinovich

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Syrian artist Khaled Barakeh, 44, stands amid his installation "The Muted Demonstration" outside a Koblenz court during the first trial against suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services for crimes against humanity, in Koblenz, Germany, July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Order from Chaos

How Western policymakers can engage the new Arab diasporas

Noha Aboueldahab

Friday, July 16, 2021

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Events

The evolution of nonstate armed actors in the Middle East

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Youth employment and livelihood in Syria: Assessing the impact of conflict and preparing for recovery

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Syrian requiem: The civil war and its aftermath

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Related Books

Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad

By Daniel L. Byman

2019

The Syrian Jihad

By , and

2015

The Arab Awakening

By Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman, Akram Al-Turk, Pavel K. Baev, Michael S. Doran, Khaled Elgindy, Stephen R. Grand, Shadi Hamid, Bruce D. Jones, Suzanne Maloney, Jonathan D. Pollack, Bruce Riedel, Ruth Hanau Santini, Salman Shaikh, Ibrahim Sharqieh, Ömer Taşpınar, Shibley Telham, and Sarah E. Yerkes

2011

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Experts

Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Steven Heydemann

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Itamar Rabinovich

Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy

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Multimedia

A vehicle blocks a road during a protest against the fall in Lebanese pound currency and mounting economic hardships in Khaldeh, Lebanon March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

United Nations

The risk of accidental war

Jeffrey Feltman and Adam Cooper

The Mediator's Studio

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Photo: Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

Podcast Episode

What’s the significance of Biden’s first military strikes in Syria?

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Adrianna Pita

Friday, February 26, 2021

Syria

President Trump’s mad dash out of Syria

Scott R. Anderson

Thursday, December 20, 2018

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More on Syria

Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 27, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan: A new partnership 30 years in the making?

Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel

Friday, July 2, 2021

US Secretary of Defence William Perry (R), accompanied by the Saudi Ambassador to the US., Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (L), survey the bomb site outside the heavily damaged apartment at the Khobar Towers housing complex for U.S. military personnel in Dhahran June 29. Nineteen American servicemen were killed, and several hundred others were injured when a bomb exploded outside the bulding on June 25.

Remembering the Khobar Towers bombing

Bruce Riedel

Monday, June 21, 2021

Turkish Red Crescent workers carry humanitarian aid at Kelbit camp, near the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib province, Syria January 17, 2018. Picture taken January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

The coming crisis in Idlib

Omer Karasapan

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Syrian refugees walk near tents at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Why Syrian refugees in Lebanon are a crisis within a crisis

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Demonstration in Idlib city. Syria, Idlib 3/18 2021:Syrians attend a mass demonstration to commemorate the first Syrian security forces invasion and siege of the city of Daraa, a process that lasted ten days, and that event led to the uprising of protests in most Syrian cities and that was part of the Arab Spring. Copyright: xahmadxfallahax No Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Syrian uprising 10-year anniversary: A political economy perspective

Steven Heydemann and Jihad Yazigi

Friday, March 26, 2021

People walk past by a Syrian jewelry shop in Istanbul's Kucukcekmece district, Turkey, July 5, 2019. Picture taken July 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan

Challenges facing Turkey’s Syrian businesses

Omer Karasapan

Friday, March 19, 2021

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Reports

The evolution of nonstate armed actors in the Middle East

Youth employment and livelihood in Syria: Assessing the impact of conflict and preparing for recovery

Syrian requiem: The civil war and its aftermath

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Distinguished Fellow - Foreign Policy