This Lowy Institute Analysis examines the trajectory of the Syrian conflict in the wake of the Russian and US agreement to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons.  It argues that while that agreement, enshrined in Security Council Resolution 2118, may remove a pernicious class of weapons...

  Syrian dissent announced last Saturday from Istanbul the establishment of the Syrian Democratic Union that includes opposition figures from different movements and parties such as the National Coalition , the National Council , cooperative bodies and other Democratic...

Control of Ramtha crossing changes hands after days of fighting that has left 26 soldiers and several rebels dead. Syrian rebels, including members of an al-Qaeda-linked group, have captured a military post on the border with Jordan after four days of fighting, according to an activist...

 In the photograph the two robed men stand shoulder-to-shoulder, one tall and erect, the other more heavyset. Both smile for the camera. The picture from Tehran is a rare record of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, the...