By integrating pro-regime armed groups into state structures, the Assad regime has created a hybrid military order.
There were four lessons from the Istanbul Summit on Syria, one of which is that Bashar al-Assad has won.
Hurras al-Din is playing the role of spoiler in Syria’s north, against Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.
On the seventh anniversary of the start of Syria’s uprising, one of its most prominent victims is liberal internationalism.
Arab and Western intelligence officials are said to be normalizing relations with the Assad regime, and that is worrisome.
In an interview, former U.S. ambassador Robert Ford describes what worries him in Syria, and says the situation there may be the worst human tragedy since World War II.
In an interview, Kheder Khaddour discusses his recent paper on how the situation in eastern Syria will impact refugees.
The Afrin operation is the result of a Russian-Turkish land swap, whose long-term repercussions will be significant.
In the midst of Syria’s wartime devastation, the regime saw a path to its own revival.
Syria’s Turkmen minority finds itself in the vanguard of Ankara’s plans for the country.
Why the conflict against the Islamic State will profoundly reshape the ties and networks in Deir Ezzor.
Though it is fighting in Syria, the Turkestan Islamic Party remains firmly focused on Xinjiang.
Efforts to circumvent Geneva and Astana undermine a durable solution in Syria and work against the welfare of refugees.
In an interview, Yassin al-Haj Saleh describes how Syrians have been denied any meaning for their suffering.
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are increasingly being manipulated to satisfy geopolitical agendas.
Developments in eastern Syria indicate we are entering a new phase in the country’s conflict.
The Zaatari Camp is taking on characteristics of permanence, raising doubts about a refugee return.
Khan Sheikhoun may have been attacked because it was at the heart of a conflict in northern Hama governorate.
U.S. airstrikes against the Assad regime present both dangers and possibilities in Syria.
Syria in Crisis provides analysis of the civil war and its impact on the region. Edited by Aron Lund, a researcher who has published extensively on the Syrian opposition, it brings together Carnegie and outside experts.