To Stem Iraq’s Drug Trade, Rein in the Militias that Enable it
Last month, nearly 16 million Captagon pills, an amphetamine-type stimulant that is quickly becoming one of the Middle East’s most ubiquitous
May 26, 2022
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Last month, nearly 16 million Captagon pills, an amphetamine-type stimulant that is quickly becoming one of the Middle East’s most ubiquitous
After months of rumors, the Syrian regime recently passed far-reaching cybercrime legislation that goes beyond what is necessary to keep the internet safe. Despite
Turkey has recently suggested that it wants to establish dialogue with the Syrian government after years of fraught relations. The
When Russia was building up troops on the Ukrainian border ahead of the February 24 invasion, local sources reported that Syrian fighters were already registering for
Drug trafficking is nothing new in the Middle East but the last decade of conflict has given way to a
Last year saw a significant increase in the number of attacks against US forces in Syria and that trend has
After suspending political and economic ties with its northern neighbor for nearly 10 years, Jordan is currently going at full
The physical destruction from the Syrian civil war has devastated the economy – as one would expect. Equally predictable are
Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria has significantly expanded its territorial control in the past several years, prompting many to predict
The value of the Syrian pound has been in freefall. A financial crisis in neighboring Lebanon, a national lockdown due
The focus on Syria long has been, understandably, on the civil war. But there is another, potentially equally serious, conflict
On February 2, a crowd several hundred strong gathered in Idlib province in northwest Syria and began marching toward the
Attention to Syria has slipped. The gaze of the world, when cast toward the Middle East, now hovers over Libya,
The ongoing Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria presents the worrying prospect of many captured ISIS fighters taking advantage of
Abandoned by their American allies, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been left with one option: doing a deal with
As the war in Syria winds down, it is inevitable that its impact will be measured in terms of casualties.
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