As this article goes to press, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has reportedly  been killed in a joint U.S.–Israeli airstrike. His death marks the most dramatic escalation in U.S.–Iran tensions since the 1979 revolution and introduces a new variable: succession instability at the apex of the Islamic Republic. Yet even this unprecedented development does not make a war with Tehran comparable to Iraq in 2003 or Afghanistan in 2001, both of which share borders with Iran.  Ge

The beginning of 2026 marked a historic turning point in relations between the transitional government led by Ahmed Shara  and the Syrian Democratic Forces  (SDF) in Syria. The military defeat of the SDF on the ground has meant the re-establishment of state authority for the Damascus government. However, in the subsequent process during which realities on the ground have evolved into a political agreement, the ‘ Integration and Ceasefire Agreement ’ between the Damascus gover

On the thirteenth anniversary of the Syrian Revolution, which began in March 2011, Syrian politics entered a new era with the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. Following the completion of the Syrian Revolution with the overthrow of Assad, at the end of the first year (December 2025), the new Sunni central authority established in Damascus by the Transitional Government led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is attempting to shape the country's future. While the Transi

Introduction The current negotiations between the Syrian Interim Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are not merely about...

Image : X / DEMGENELMERKEZI The decades-long conflict between Türkiye and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has reached a potentially...

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS ) is now indubitably entrenched as the unlikely victor of the Syrian Civil War. Formerly known as the Nusra...

At the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in early December, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel...

A sleepless night watching the fall of Syria’s Assad dynasty unfold in the early hours of Sunday 8th December precipitated this piece,...

The media's hyperfocus on only the most marketable wars and crisis hotspots worldwide always fades certain international events into the...

On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime in Syria collapsed following a swift and decisive offensive by rebel forces, culminating in the...

In a significant escalation of the Syrian Civil War, insurgent forces have breached Aleppo, Syria's largest city, for the first time...