Javad Heiran-Nia | 05 August 2025
The 12-day war between Iran and Israel served as a geopolitical turning point that transformed the balance of power in the Middle East and signaled the emergence of a new regional order. This war [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 01 August 2025
The fate of the renewed peace process that Türkiye launched with the PKK after a decade is taking a dangerous turn in the wake of the dramatic events in Southern Syria. Following recent developments [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 06 May 2025
Nearly five months have passed since December 8th, 2024, in Syria. The initial revolutionary fervor has now given way to sobering realities. In other words, the country has returned from its honeymoon to grim reality on the ground.
Habiba Ali | 06 May 2025 | AR
Jérôme Drevon’s From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics (Oxford University Press, 2024) offers a comprehensive and insightful examination of this transformation. Focusing primarily on Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra—later restructured as [...]
Ayman Aldassouky | 17 January 2025 | AR
(This publication was translated from its original Arabic version.) Abstract: Contrary to expectations, the fall of the Assad regime did not lead to a repetition of the Iraqi scenario, as the new Syrian authority [...]
Mohamad Fawaz Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 17 December 2024 | AR
The Syrian regime’s 61-year-old tyranny has finally fallen. The country's new rulers have been trying to pave the way for a political transitional process. Regional countries also do not stay idle in this new period. Some regional countries have already started engaging in political talks with HTS and its allies through the Department of Political Affairs of the new government in the country. So far, meetings have been held with ambassadors of Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Italy. It was also announced that Qatar would soon open its embassy in Damascus.
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 12 December 2024 | AR
The 61-year-old regime has finally fallen in Syria. The tyranny of the Baath Party that seized power in the country in 1963 later turned into the Assad clan’s dynasty in 1970 through an intra-party coup Hafez Assad called the 'Corrective Movement,' was consigned to history with a popular revolution on December 8th, 2024, after only a 12-day-long military operation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the dizzying developments have far exceeded expectations even for seasoned Syria experts following the crisis for many years.
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 02 December 2024 | AR | TR
The Syrian opposition groups operating under the ‘‘Command of Military Operations (previously known as Al Fath al-Mubin Operation Room’’ have initiated their long-spoken major offensive entitled ‘Operation Deterrence of Aggression’ on the Syrian regime [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 26 March 2024 | AR | TR
Amidst the dire Gaza crisis, which has taken center stage in Middle Eastern politics, and in the wake of dozens of Iran-backed militia attacks on US bases located in Syria and Iraq, the rumors of a US pullout from the mentioned two countries are floating once again. However, the issue is far from being clear thus far
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 17 January 2024 | AR
Syria has been off the regional radar except once mentioned within the scope of the Gaza crisis. This situation was unsurprising, as the country has undergone a relatively calm period since early 2020,
