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Fragility and Resilience: Glimpses of Rojava

Angéline Desdevises / Truthdig Feb 13, 2025 Photographer Angéline Desdevises captures life in Kurdish Syria, where the region's boldest democratic experiment finds new sources of resilience amid fresh rubble and political uncertainties. Dig deeper

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Rojava on the Brink

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Feb 13, 2025 Turkish airstrikes and an Islamist power in Damascus endanger the future of Syrian Kurdistan’s multiethnic democratic federation. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Idealist Destruction of Syria

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Jan 17, 2025 Revisiting the inter-left debate on the Assad regime with a specific eye to the staunch moralists who supported his overthrow. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Israel’s Downward Spiral

Arun Gupta / Truthdig Jan 2, 2025 The nation's success on the battlefield masks the beating it is taking as an international pariah. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Trump Appoints Assad to Cabinet

Christopher Weyant Dec 16, 2024 Dig deeper

Middle East

How the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Led to Chaos in Syria

Peter Van Buren / Responsible Statecraft Dec 13, 2024 Washington torched the region and watched it burn through regime changes, Arab Spring, civil wars, and the regeneration of terror groups. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Can the Kurds Help Build a New Syria?

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Dec 11, 2024 After the fall of Assad, Turkey has intensified its attacks on the Kurds. As usual, Washington is standing by its NATO ally in Ankara. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Middle East

In Wake of Assad’s Departure, Israel Occupies More Syrian Territory

Qassam Muaddi / Mondoweiss Dec 10, 2024 Benjamin Netanyahu abandons Israel’s 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria, as Israeli forces take positions inside sovereign Syria. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Middle East

Syria’s Arab Spring Has Arrived

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Dec 9, 2024 With Bashar al-Assad out of the picture, can democracy finally prevail in this deeply divided nation? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Assad Flees Syria

Bill Day Dec 9, 2024 Dig deeper

World

There Is a Global War on Children

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Oct 23, 2024 One of every six young people on this planet live in areas affected by armed conflict. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Middle East

The Cyclical Refugee Crisis in Lebanon and Syria

Jasmin Lilian Diab / The Conversation Oct 22, 2024 Since September, over 400,000 Lebanese and Syrians have fled back into Syria, reversing the trend that began at the outset of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )