After four months of work, my study with Samy Akil on the composition of Syria’s People’s Council is finally out.

In Syria, providing you’ve lived abroad for at least four years, you can legally avoid killing civilians (compulsory military service)

Today the Syrian Government introduced a new banknote with a denomination of 5,000 Syrian pounds (SYP, aka Syrian lira)—the largest

I’ve long argued that the sanctions on Syria hurt civilians along with the regime. Yet I by no means believe

PM Arnous told the People’s Council today that Syria’s crude oil imports from Iran over the past six months was

Aren’t they funny! Tishreen newspaper, one of the main mouthpieces of the Syrian regime, published this on its front page

Renewed talks have commenced between Iraq and Syria to connect the two countries by train, which is part of a

The Syrian government has just announced that it will cut its petrol (not diesel) supplies to all stations in the

It seems many Syrians believe that only winning a lottery can take them out of their misery. People in regime-held

Merchandise statistics reported by Syria’s trade partners suggest the debate over Russia’s involvement in Syria’s phosphate fields is overblown. Phosphate