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Issue 37 – July 2026

After the war

Syria’s Kurds and Turkmens are finding common cause in Damascus as they seek greater influence, representation and rights

Issue 37 – July 2026

Integration blues

As opaque negotiations on SDF integration grind on, the city of Qamishli lives with parallel authorities, shrinking subsidies and growing uncertainty over who will govern next

Issue 37 – July 2026

Palmyran wisdom

How one city is turning anger over Assad cronies into a local experiment in transitional justice

Issue 36 – June 2026

The Druze Supervillain

Attempts to securitise Suwayda are ill advised

Issue 34 – April 2026

Exit without departure

What’s left of Iran’s influence in Syria?

Issue 33 – March 2026

Autonomy under siege

Kurdish leaders face increasing polarisation at home as they attempt to hold back an emboldened Damascus

Issue 33 – March 2026

Handarat after the fall

A shattered refugee camp becomes emblematic of the Palestinian ordeal in Syria

Issue 32 – February 2026

New Look Shabiha

A Sunni town’s uneasy reinvention after years as a regime stronghold

Issue 31 – January 2026

Faith, fear, and federalism

What the controversy over Alawite cleric Ghazal Ghazal is really about

Issue 30 – December 2025

What’s left of the SNA

Syrian National Army factions are dispersed but remain too useful to demobilise

Issue 29 – November 2025

City between worlds

Aleppo is where the old Syria ends and the new begins

Issue 29 – November 2025

The last banner of Zaynab

Syria’s Shia find themselves tolerated but subdued

Issue 28 – September 2025

The (sub)National Guard

The Druze of Syria now have an army

Issue 27 – August 2025

Lions of Syria

Damascus’ mobilisation of tribes and monarchial ambitions

Issue 26 – July 2025

How Aleppo fell

Iran’s defence of the city faltered when a most trusted brigade defected

Issue 25 – June 2025

Terrorism reawakened

Islamic State is a growing (and useful) threat

Issue 24 – May 2025

Sedition on the coast

How Iran attempted to turn Syria’s coastal region into a protectorate

Issue 23 – April 2025

Damascus re-born

The Syrian capital is embracing its newfound identity

Issue 22 – March 2025

Tanks and cash

Israel’s hearts and minds campaign in southern Syria

Issue 21 – February 2025

Waiting, waiting

Arabs from northeast Syria demand liberation from SDF rule

Issue 18 – November 2024

Safe zone reloaded

Turkish plans would see Aleppo city encircled

Issue 17 – October 2024

Aleppo here we come

Rebels mull options for new offensive

Issue 16 – September 2024

Southern (dis)comfort

Daraa’s fragmented security points to Syria’s decentralised future

Issue 14 – July 2024

Idlib rising

The irresistible return of politics to the northwest

Issue 10 – March 2024

Rise and decline of Tayy

One tribe’s fortunes reveals much about northeast Syria

Issue 8 – January 2024

Jolani battles dissidents

HTS purge sign of shifting policy

Issue 7 – December 2023

Brothers in arms

Plot twists in the Deir Ezzor tribal revolt

Issue 6 – November 2023

No way out

Why Alawites don’t turn against Assad

Issue 6 – November 2023

Shadow wars

Daraa’s anti-trafficking vigilantes

Issue 5 – October 2023

A revolt in need of a lifeline

Suwayda mulls its options

Issue 5 – October 2023

Death from above?

Doubts about the military college massacre

Issue 4 – September 2023

Fraying at the edges

Suwayda and Deir Ezzor rise up

Issue 4 – September 2023

Great Arab Revolt redux

Tribal power play in eastern Syria

Issue 4 – September 2023

The Jolani tax

International legitimacy comes at a price

Issue 3 – August 2023

Eastern approaches

Washington and Riyadh consider military options

Issue 3 – August 2023

Enemies with benefits

Convergence between northwest and northeast Syria

Issue 2 – July 2023

High on promise

The phony focus on Captagon

Issue 2 – July 2023

Local Dynamics

After the war

Syria’s Kurds and Turkmens are finding common cause in Damascus as they seek greater influence, representation and rights

Integration blues

As opaque negotiations on SDF integration grind on, the city of Qamishli lives with parallel authorities, shrinking subsidies and growing uncertainty over who will govern next

Palmyran wisdom

How one city is turning anger over Assad cronies into a local experiment in transitional justice

The Druze Supervillain

Attempts to securitise Suwayda are ill advised

Exit without departure

What’s left of Iran’s influence in Syria?

Autonomy under siege

Kurdish leaders face increasing polarisation at home as they attempt to hold back an emboldened Damascus

Handarat after the fall

A shattered refugee camp becomes emblematic of the Palestinian ordeal in Syria

New Look Shabiha

A Sunni town’s uneasy reinvention after years as a regime stronghold

Faith, fear, and federalism

What the controversy over Alawite cleric Ghazal Ghazal is really about

What’s left of the SNA

Syrian National Army factions are dispersed but remain too useful to demobilise

City between worlds

Aleppo is where the old Syria ends and the new begins

The last banner of Zaynab

Syria’s Shia find themselves tolerated but subdued

The (sub)National Guard

The Druze of Syria now have an army

Lions of Syria

Damascus’ mobilisation of tribes and monarchial ambitions

How Aleppo fell

Iran’s defence of the city faltered when a most trusted brigade defected

Terrorism reawakened

Islamic State is a growing (and useful) threat

Sedition on the coast

How Iran attempted to turn Syria’s coastal region into a protectorate

Damascus re-born

The Syrian capital is embracing its newfound identity

Tanks and cash

Israel’s hearts and minds campaign in southern Syria

Waiting, waiting

Arabs from northeast Syria demand liberation from SDF rule

Safe zone reloaded

Turkish plans would see Aleppo city encircled

Aleppo here we come

Rebels mull options for new offensive

Southern (dis)comfort

Daraa’s fragmented security points to Syria’s decentralised future

Idlib rising

The irresistible return of politics to the northwest

Rise and decline of Tayy

One tribe’s fortunes reveals much about northeast Syria

Jolani battles dissidents

HTS purge sign of shifting policy

Brothers in arms

Plot twists in the Deir Ezzor tribal revolt

No way out

Why Alawites don’t turn against Assad

Shadow wars

Daraa’s anti-trafficking vigilantes

A revolt in need of a lifeline

Suwayda mulls its options

Death from above?

Doubts about the military college massacre

Fraying at the edges

Suwayda and Deir Ezzor rise up

Great Arab Revolt redux

Tribal power play in eastern Syria

The Jolani tax

International legitimacy comes at a price

Eastern approaches

Washington and Riyadh consider military options

Enemies with benefits

Convergence between northwest and northeast Syria

High on promise

The phony focus on Captagon

The best of bad options

Erdogan’s third way on refugees

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