The question to conservatives and republicans should've been:

Is there a Palestine?

I wished a friend in Beirut a happy Eid, and he responded, 'What Eid is that?'

Syrians in areas such as Burj Hammoud are afraid to leave home with rising threats of deportation and physical violence.

Feeling unwanted for your nationality, clothes, or accent is so painful.

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Multiple militants in Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham territories have been killed in precision strikes by the Assad regime and Russia over the past few years.

Yet, HTS's leader, who roams Idlib freely, remains untouched.

Perhaps Joulani does them more good than harm?

In less than 24 hours, four Lebanese Ministers, on four different occasions, talked about the disaster that is the Syrian refugees. One of them called for declaring a state of emergency.

You can blame them all you want. You can say they're using Syrians as scapegoats, which is…

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This interactive tool, which will plot and update official and unofficial exchange rates every hour, has been in the making for months.

I hope it proves helpful to researchers and policymakers.

Say you want someone to hand over your money to someone in need and there are claims that the person has committed human rights violations. Would you get them to do the job?

I'm sure your answer is, of course, not! Being highly risky should be enough to avoid working with them.…

Following the push for normalization with the Assad regime, there has been an increase in the reported number of captagon seizures in the country. However, the average size of seizures is on the decline, signifying a desire to show more action, although the overall amounts seized…

Netanyahu understands, as I argued three days ago, that Iran and its allies are too weak to stand a direct confrontation with Israel.

If he manages to ultimately suck Iran into a fight, that would change the political calculus for the whole region, if not blow it all up.

Saudi Arabia hosted members of the Syrian Chamber of Commerce yesterday, promising to improve its trade and investment relations with Syria.

On the same day, the UN's Resident Coordinator in Damascus said he's seen 'promising signs' from Gulf states of funding area-based early…

As the world awaits the outcome of Russia's forthcoming presidential elections anxiously, Syrian MPs will soon travel to Moscow as international observers.

In case, you know, someone decided to rig the vote.

Let's see who will win these elections.

Karam Shaar كرم شعّار And inspired by the Dutch, many in EU - who also signed this transatlantic declaration - are following.

As the world awaits the outcome of Russia's forthcoming presidential elections anxiously, Syrian MPs will soon travel to Moscow as international observers.

In case, you know, someone decided to rig the vote.

Let's see who will win these elections.

Does criticizing Israel make you an anti-semite? 🤣

Spot on, Sammy Obeid!

This leaked document, seen by منهل باريش - Manhal Bareesh, reportedly shows that Russia has been reducing its financial support for Syrian military groups since early 2017, with a 50% cut for the Fifth Corps and local Syrian groups starting from Jul 2023.

Who will fill the vacuum, you reckon?

A deadly combination for the humanitarian response in Syria

The humanitarian crisis deteriorated significantly throughout 2023, as indicated by a more than 15% increase in the number of people in need. Despite this, the UN is, quite realistically, seeking 18% less funding for…