Syria

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.

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

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

How Western policymakers can engage the new Arab diasporas

Noha Aboueldahab

Friday, July 16, 2021

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

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

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

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

Friday, March 19, 2021

EDIRNE, TURKEY- In the photos, immigrants are seen near the border of Turkey with Greece in the province of Edirne, Turkey, on March 3, 2020. Thousands of Syrian refugees are anxiously waiting to cross into Europe from Turkey, on the border Northwest with Greece.

As EU-Turkey migration agreement reaches the five-year mark, add a job creation element

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

A member of Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) holds a flag of Kataib Hezbollah militia group during a protest to condemn air strikes on their bases, in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Biden’s decision to strike Iran’s proxies is a good start

Friday, February 26, 2021