In less than a year, captagon production sprouted makeshift facilities in Iraq, Germany, and now Egypt. Steady demand and high

Although Syria has only four security branches, Syrians perceive that there are “hundreds of branches.” This is simply because no

What explains Iran’s continued intervention in Syria but the sunk-cost fallacy? — Lose billions and recover millions — Get bombed

As a human first and a Syrian second, I’ll never oppose early recovery in principle. The issue is how it’s

Asylum applications to the EU from Turkish citizens are at a record high, second only to Syrians. Erdogan seems to

The number of asylum requests lodged by Syrians in the EU is at its highest in seven years. This should

Some respectable politicians and policy analysts criticize the Anti-Normalization Act for shutting the door on diplomacy. This critique would have

We spent the past two days presenting and discussing our research at OPEN-Syria and Omran Strategic Studies under the Syria

Southern Syria—one of the main gateways for drugs to the rest of the region—is extremely complex, with actors from varying

The US’s leverage over the YPG is difficult to exaggerate. The YPG would have crumbled a long time ago if