But such research was conducted while Assad was still in power, and it has only been several weeks since Assad fell. As a ...

Ahmad al Mansour, an Egyptian national and former member of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) in Syria, has reportedly been detained ...

The Syrian central bank has ordered commercial banks to unfreeze accounts except those it has formally put controls on, such as those tied to businessmen linked to the former Assad regime, according ...

Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.

While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences ...

Governments and the international community should take a cautionary approach to HTS's success in Syria, particularly in view ...

After more than fifty years of iron-fisted rule, the Assad regime in Syria was finally overthrown a few weeks ago. Leading ...

For more recent analysis of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), see this August 2023 post from the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program's Examining Extremism series. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS or ...

The European Union may soon suspend sanctions on Syria related to energy and transport but has yet to agree on whether to ...

Jolani, the leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militant group, became the de facto leader of Syria. Since then, he has ...

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the ...