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Erdoğan's shadow: The key advisor steering Turkey's regional strategy against Israel

Analysis: Hakan Fidan, Turkey’s powerful foreign minister, drives Ankara’s regional strategy, hosting Hamas, countering Israeli-Syrian ties and expanding influence across the Arab world while ensuring Turkey remains a central power broker

Smadar Perry | 08.13.25

Sweida hospital massacre is a stain on humanity’s conscience

Opinion: Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa’s forces executed doctors, nurses and patients, committing atrocities reminiscent of Nazi crimes against Jews in World War II; global silence is complicity, not neutrality

Munir Dahir | 08.12.25

Syria vows to investigate footage of Sweida hospital execution

Security camera footage shows 4 men in green military fatigues and one man in a black uniform with the words 'Interior Ministry' printed on it abusing and then shooting a victim while others are made to kneel on the ground

Reuters | 08.11.25

Regime loyalists descend upon Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province

The Sweida massacre is the Druze October 7, and Israel cannot remain silent

Opinion: Syrian regime forces, jihadist militias and armed gangs are attacking the Druze of Sweida, killing civilians and threatening their autonomy; Israel must act, out of moral duty, strategic need and its historic alliance with the Druze

Munir Dahir | 08.10.25

Amid pressure to disarm, Hezbollah warns Israel, Syria eye strategic Bekaa Valley

Iran-backed terror group claims IDF intends to control the Lebanon-Syria border along with armed Syrian militia; supporters protest around the country, including in Beirut

Lior Ben Ari | 08.09.25

New Syria: Qatar-backed $14B makeover to bring skyscrapers, metro and airport to Damascus

Syria’s new government signs deals with firms from Qatar, Italy and the UAE, led by a massive Damascus suburb project creating 200,000 jobs, as critics warn it amounts to 'whitewashing Qatari terrorism'

Lior Ben Ari | 08.08.25

Turkey in Syria: A policy of interests at the expense of Syrian blood

Analysis: Ankara has emerged as the dominant force in post-Assad Syria, trading principle for power as it backs interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, sidelines Kurdish groups and turns 'safe zones' into extensions of its own political and military control

Munir Dahir | 08.07.25

Has al-Sharaa lost support from his key backers?

Once the hope of the post-Assad era, Ahmad al-Sharaa’s leadership has faltered because of sectarian violence, political divisions and loss of credibility

Rizik Alabi / The Media Line | 08.06.25

Israeli Druze lawmaker on Syria's al-Sharaa: ‘How can you accept a killer’ as president?

MK Akram Hasson says American efforts to normalize relations with Ahmad al-Sharaa risk legitimizing a man with a history of mass killings

Felice Friedson/ The Media Line | 08.06.25

From bad to worse: Syria’s parliamentary elections are a path to al-Sharaa dictatorship

Opinion: With massacres ongoing, minorities under siege and September elections staged under a constitution granting al-Sharaa unchecked power, Syria risks trading one dictatorship for another — cloaked in religious legitimacy and political theater

Munir Dahir | 08.04.25

לחימה קרבות ב א-סווידא סווידא מעוז הדרוזים דרוזים ב סוריה

Exclusive: Shocking images reveal scale of devastation in Syria’s Druze heartland

Watch: Sweida resident documents destruction in Druze city after violent clashes with Syrian regime loyalists; 'They ask people about their religion before executing them—this is a sectarian campaign of extermination'

Lior Ben Ari | 08.03.25

לוחמים בדואים ב א-סווידא סווידא מעוז הדרוזים דרוזים ב סוריה

Exposing Ahmad al-Sharaa's crimes in Sweida and Jabal al-Druze

Opinion: Druze communities worldwide call on the international community to investigate atrocities by the al-Sharaa regime in Sweida, urging protection for civilians, condemnation of terror and immediate humanitarian aid

Munir Dahir | 08.03.25

Syria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence

Justice Minister Muzher al-Wais says a 7-person committee, including judges, lawyers and a military official, to look into the circumstances that led to the 'events in Sweida'

Reuters | 08.01.25

Syrian Foreign Minister Hassan al-Shibani, envoy Tom Barrack and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer

Israeli, Syrian officials to meet in Baku as US pushes deescalation in southern Syria

National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Minister Ron Dermer to hold follow-up meeting after Paris talks with Syrian foreign minister; discussions center on stabilizing southern Syria, including Druze areas, under US mediation

Itamar Eichner, AFP | 07.30.25

Body bags lie at Sweida National Hospital, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces, in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria July 25, 2025

Syria's July violence has killed hundreds of Druze in Sweida, monitors say

Grisly videos from Syria’s Sweida province reveal the execution of Druze civilians by armed men in military fatigues; With over 1,000 dead, families blame government forces for the bloodshed, deepening fears of sectarian violence in post-Assad Syria

Reuters | 07.29.25

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