Opinion
Drawing new lines
In November 2017, after a lengthy meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Donald Trump boasted that he and Xi can solve “probably all” the world’s problems. Today, he believes he alone can solve ...
Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...
This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...
The Minsk II deal, aimed at ending Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014, instead laid the groundwork for Russia’s ...
Turkey seeks to extend its control in Syria, pushing a colonial-style administration while targeting Kurdish forces. It ...
Twenty regional and Western powers agreed in a joint statement on Thursday to do their utmost to help Syria's new authorities ...
The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...
Moves by President Donald Trump's administration to cut U.S. foreign aid funding risk destabilising two camps in northeastern ...
The Trump administration's abrupt freeze in foreign aid has closed health clinics offering free care in one of Syria's most ...
Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic ...
Western allies and Arab countries are gathering in Paris for an international conference on Syria to discuss the country’s ...
European fears about the U.S. pulling its troops from the continent have been brewing for some time, with the head of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, saying: "The U.S. will likely ...