Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it

While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences of other Arab countries more than a decade ago. In the winter of 2010, an outbreak of protests in Tunisia spread across the region, toppling several regimes in what became known as the Arab Uprisings.

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The international community should focus on empowering Syria’s local civil society groups and advocating for women’s rights to ensure a more inclusive society.

Decades of authoritarian rule have left Syria’s justice system ill-equipped to handle complex human rights cases. Thousands of Syrians could be implicated in regime abuses, far more than could feasibly be prosecuted, raising thorny questions about how to deal with lower-level collaborators. Meanwhile, nine in 10 Syrians live in poverty.

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north and provided the only safe access route to Idlib, where HTS was based. Even so,

While some countries – Egypt and Tunisia – became democracies, albeit briefly, others, like Yemen, Libya and Syria, descended into violence. In the intervening years, political science ...

A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 uprising has been detained inside Syria, according to state news agency SANA.

Syrian National Army (SNA) coalition that hit a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance on January 18, 2025, in northern Syria is an apparent war crime.

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Reham Elsayed, owner of Reham’s Cake Gallery, explains to an attendee of Souk Seattle the variety of Middle-Eastern treats on display, Jan. 25. Souk Seattle is a new pop-up inspired by Arab markets. (Photo by Marian Mohamed.)

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