Washington, DC – Absent an unforeseen event, experts say Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is not going to lose his grip on power any time soon – something that is moving many Arab countries to normalise relations with the government in Damascus. Thousands of kilometres away in...

The Iranian regime continues to exert a considerable amount of influence in Syria. Will the region witness any changes in Iran’s policy toward Syria under the presidency of Ebrahim Raisi? And what are the broader regional implications?   As a core hard-liner, Raisi sees Syria...

The timing of Moscow and the Syrian regime’s attacks over the past few months indicates a desire to pressure the international community before major international meetings on the Syrian war. On March 5, 2020, Russia and Turkey signed a ceasefire agreement in Syria’s Idlib that included...

Denmark recently became the first European country to begin denying temporary residence status to Syrian refugees. The move reflects internal Danish politics but also represents a threat to individual Syrians, with potentially much larger consequences if other European countries follow...