Syria may be broken, but it’s energised by hope
The famous ice cream store, Bakdash, was packed, as it was when I visited in 2008.
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Syria’s post-sanction future
The economic and geopolitical implications of Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on the post-war state are monumental.
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Syria’s sectarian rage
Ahmed al-Sharaa wants to unite the country. But deep divisions threaten a renewed cycle of death and chaos.
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The year ahead: Are we on the verge of a new Middle East?
A democratic Syria and rising Turkey would ask different questions of Israel.
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The Syrian people yearn to take control of their own destiny
Bashar al-Assad has gone but, as elation begins to be edged out by anxiety, what comes after authoritarianism?
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The New Statesman’s A-Z of 2024
A rundown of the year, from Charli XCX and Jeremy Clarkson to the incumbency curse and floods in Valencia.
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The year ahead: “The Middle East is going to get solved”
Donald Trump has promised he'll achieve peace in the region. We'd be foolish to believe him.
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Inside Syria’s “human slaughterhouse”
Bashar al-Assad tortured and mutilated his own people. Will the country he leaves behind ever recover?
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The tragedy of Greater Syria
With the Middle East in turmoil, could Israel now step into the breach?
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The Kremlin’s new calculus on Syria
Vladimir Putin bet on Bashar al-Assad’s murderous rule. Now Russia is shifting course.
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What happens when a tyrant flees
What's next for Syria, Assad, and the wider region?
The Syrian crucible
Can a new Middle East be fashioned from the ruins of the Assad regime?
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Bashar al-Assad will find no peace in Moscow
Like many tyrants before him, the Syrian dictator will live his life on the run – and die in fear.
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The fall of Assad represents a revolution in the Middle East
The Syrian dictator was one of the region’s key powerbrokers. His regime’s sudden collapse has left a vacuum.
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Richard Bates: “When is a pile of stones not just a pile of stones?”
The geophysicist and archaeologist on uncovering Petra’s secrets.
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Aleppo is just the beginning
The advance on the city is a Syrian drama, reflecting both rebel success and regime failure.
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How the Syrian civil war will suck in the world’s great powers
Aleppo could become the vortex of a regional and even global conflict.
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The new politics of migration
As conflicts multiply European countries must agree consistent principles for asylum policy, as the alternative is anarchy.
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Letter from Syria: “We called for urgent help. No one responded”
After more than a decade of devastation inflicted by civil war, Syrians face a new struggle for survival.
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The anger and hope the earthquake left behind
As the death toll in Syria and Turkey passes 36,000, survivors question whether some deaths could have been prevented.
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