Today, the loudest voices cheering al-Assad’s fall are, once again, the moral absolutists. They’ve convinced themselves that ...

From a Libyan gunrunner to Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew’s history as a trade envoy led to him rubbing shoulders with some ...

The United States has confirmed making direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group now in control of Syria ...

Syria has witnessed two major events, not just one: the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the rise of the group “Hayat ...

Post-Assad Syria is most likely to prove a turning point that doesn’t turn. The Assad family dictatorship reigned for 50 ...

Russia’s retreat from Syria strategy seems to be to fly out the most men and expensive equipment — before the ...

Gabbard, a recent Donald Trump Cabinet pick, predicted catastrophe if Assad were overthrown. So far, things have played out ...

He flaunted nothing like the mega-yachts and network of marble baroque and rococo palaces of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein or the ...

This piece was first published on CounterPunch in March 2021. When the Arab Spring came to the Middle East ten years ago, ...

America had lost its nerve. Various international mechanisms had failed. Aleppo had fallen. Meanwhile, more Syrians were ...

If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of ...

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by a coalition of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Sunni ...