In light of the escalating bloody violence on the Syrian coast and the assassination of prominent figures, urgent questions are emerging: Who truly benefits from fueling strife in Syria? Are they internal forces seeking to consolidate their influence, or are external parties reshuffling their...

The Associated Press reported that the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime has exacerbated the already tense relations between Turkey and Israel, noting that the two sides' conflicting interests in Syria are pushing the relationship toward a potential collision course. The agency noted that...

The battles between Syria’s security forces and Alawite groups point to the chaos that still reigns in parts of Syria, according to Century International fellow Aron Lund. “The Syrian coast is a very fragile place, with sectarian hatred, a legacy of brutal conflict and weapons...

Populism weaves its own narrative in response to the challenges facing society without thinking about the rationality of that narrative or its political and social consequences. When it does so, it resorts to the unconscious stock of the group, or let us say the collective mind, which...