Hameed Hakimi has led interdisciplinary research, strategic dialogues, and high-impact projects for over 15 years, focusing on complex contexts in Sou... more For two decades, they were close allies.

Petina Gappah is an international trade lawyer and the critically acclaimed author of two novels and two short-story collections. Her latest play ‘Yel... more Anglican and Catholic churches must not ...

The lightning victory of Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham in its stunningly successful offensive to unseat the more than 50-year-old Assad family-led Baathist dictatorship in Syria was highly reminiscent of ...

The fall of President Bashar al-Assad has raised critical questions about the future of Syria and who speaks for its people. One group aiming for that role is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which ...

Rebel leader Abu Mohammed al Jolani, whose group was central to the lightning offensive that toppled decades of dictatorship in Syria this weekend, has spent years trying to distance himself from ...

Bashar al-Assad came to power in 2000, succeeding his father, Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria with an iron grip for nearly three decades. Initially, there were hopes that Bashar would bring reform ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed the country after giving orders there be a peaceful handover of power. In a statement ...

A jihadist and an extremist? Or a new face of a modern and tolerant Syria? Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose insurgency toppled President Bashar Assad, has long pursued a political ...

Jolani’s interview with CNN on Thursday was an about-face from the hardline rhetoric that he used during his first-ever televised interview in 2013, when he was interviewed by Al Jazeera with ...

The three-game suspension for Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair for his illegal hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence was upheld on Wednesday. In handing out its ...