By James M. Dorsey Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s fall has seemingly turbocharged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman dreams. Please read further, listen to a podcast, or watch the video…
By James M. Dorsey Syria tells the story of not one but three occupations. It also tells the story of a region in which states cynically trample over ethnic groups’…
Did Iran oppose or approve of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, agreed on November 26 and implemented in the early hours of the following day? Opinion is divided, views differing according to the holder’s perception…
By James M. Dorsey US and Israeli responses to President Bashar al-Assad’s fall offer a masterclass on how to discourage change in Syria. Rather than test and encourage Syria’s new…
By James M. Dorsey Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, aka Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, appears to be a man who picks his battles. Speaking this week at a Damascus mosque, Mr.…
By James M. Dorsey. Policymakers in Tehran and Moscow are asking who lost Syria in a tectonic rewrite of the Middle East’s geopolitical map that has ousted President Bashar al-Assad…
Saudi Arabia has been awarded the men’s 2034 World Cup. It will be the crowning event in the kingdom’s sport spending spree, having already reportedly invested USD6.3 billion since 2021,…
By James M. Dorsey Ahmed al Shara, aka Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, would like you to think he is a changed man. These days, Mr. Al-Jolani, a 41-year-old one-time Al Qaeda…
On his first time around the presidential election circuit, Donald J Trump placed such emphasis on his desire to broker a peace deal between Israel…
By James M. Dorsey Syrian rebels know what they want. Having captured two of Syria’s four largest cities, Aleppo and Hama, the insurgents are gunning for Homs, the country’s third…