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Trump promises a more 'peaceful and prosperous' future for the Middle East in sweeping & partisan Congressional address thenationalnews.com/news/us/2025/0…

🎙️ I debrief President Trump’s joint address to Congress on the latest Trending Middle East podcast episode, Listen here + #Gaza plan latest from Hadya Alalawi & new governments in #Syria-Lebanon move to increase Arab engagement w/ Vanessa Ghanem Listen in The National 🎧

🚨 Gunmen killed at least two dozen male residents of an Alawite town in Syria's rural coastal region on Friday, two Alawite activists and a war monitor said, citing contacts in the region and video footage from the scene. Video is very graphic, shows at least 20 men lying in

March 8 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces and affiliated gunmen killed more than 340 civilians, the vast majority of them from the Alawite minority, over the last two days, Rami Abdulrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Saturday. Syrian state media

As fears mount over escalating conflict and possible war crimes again being committed in #Syria, proud to have my final piece as a correspondent for The National be this profile of Marc Nelson 🌊 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇨🇦 🇸🇾 thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2…

BREAKING — EU Commission invites Syrian President Al-Sharaa to a donor conference in Brussels on March 17, Anadolu reports

Interviewed Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa last night. We focused on the killings on the coast, which Sharaa said were a blow to his efforts to bring Syria together. He promised accountability, “even among those closest to us” for the massacres of Alawites — while pointing the

Join us this Thursday as we launch our report: Reimagining Syria: A Roadmap for Peace and Prosperity Beyond Assad As part of the Syria Strategy Project, a joint project of Atlantic Council Middle East Institute European Institute of Peace (EIP) Madaniya mei.edu/events/reimagi…

Excited to share that yesterday was my first day as the Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives Editor at the Atlantic Council! atlanticcouncil.org/expert/ellie-s…

My latest for Atlantic Council on Houthi FTO designation looking at how Moscow turned Yemen into a Kremlin asset. GRU operatives in Sana'a, weapons pipelines via Tehran & Yemenis trafficked to Ukraine, all as diplomats chased peace [photo ops] w/ Houthis atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

⚠️ Excepts React: “We will use overwhelming lethal force.” That’s how US President Donald Trump described a campaign of airstrikes he launched Saturday in Yemen against the Houthis. Our experts react to the new administration’s approach to Yemen. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

US President Donald Trump just ordered major strikes against the Houthis. What does this mean for Yemen, Iran, and beyond? Atlantic Council experts share their insights. THREAD 🧵 atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

Landmark SDF-Damascus deal presents opportunity, and uncertainty, for #Turkey by Ömer Özkizilcik for Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

Dispatch from #Bekaa: Inside sectarian skirmishes on #Syria #Lebanon border by Nick Blanford for Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

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On Saturday, Ahmed al-Shara announced a new interim Syrian government intended to rule for five years before elections are held. Sinan Hatahet, Ph.D. explains why it’s time for the international community to recalibrate its approach to sanctions in Syria. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

AC Mideast's Yaseen Rashed breaks down why Donald Trump and his transatlantic ally Giorgia Meloni may be uniquely postured, and incentivized, to break the stalemate in #Libya and boost its #energy output. Read in MENASource💡👇

Proud to see my dear friend, and Atlantic Council Syria director, Qutaiba Idlbi قتيبة ادلبي appointed to the new Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lead U.S.-Syria relations and Americas portfolio. Godspeed at this critical time for Middle East peace and security. We’ll miss you on this side of