Russia’s economic footprint in Syria is receding. With Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death, control over his Syria-linked ventures, Velada, Mercury, Kapital, and

In my latest for the New lines Institute, I show how, before 2021, little to no captagon lab busts were

The position of Prime Minister was abolished in Syria only in form, and for the first time, this has been

Our upcoming issue of Syria in Figures will feature an article by the stellar Charles Lister on unexploded ordnance (UXO)

The requested funding for the SDF under the current version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act clearly indicates that

Breaking down BIS’s announcement Following the 2003 Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act, the U.S. imposed a unilateral, de

The mood in the White House is changing. Congress has moved further: all it might take for key statutory sanctions

Read my latest with Roaa Obaid on the captagon threat after Assad’s downfall for the New lines Institute • 200M

To grasp how persistent statutory sanctions can be, recall that Iraq remained on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list for

As the EU moves toward lifting all sectoral sanctions on Syria, we highlight how many targeted sanctions can have a