In the corridors of Syrian politics and in the salons of the elite concerned with public affairs, the name of former Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi has resurfaced, raising thorny questions about "the standards of patriotism" and "the jurisprudence of interests." The man...

In a move that has raised widespread questions among Syrians abroad, Mohammed Baraa Shukri, son of the Minister of Religious Endowments, Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri, has been appointed as the chargé d'affaires of the Syrian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. This appointment comes at a time when...

The policy of patching up laws, amending legislation, and delving into the labyrinth of executive regulations to modify them is futile. What is required is surgical, comprehensive excision. All laws enacted by the former defunct regime must be completely eradicated. We must build a new legal...

Banknote is not merely neutral paper as it may appear on the surface, nor is it simply an exchange tool whose value is measured solely by what it can buy in the market. Rather, at one of its deepest levels, it is a silent discourse of the state—a complex message directed inward before...