Efforts from interim authorities led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to patch up the Syrian state are continuing; however, new threats and potential spoilers present themselves on a seemingly weekly...

One month after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s honeymoon period is not yet over. Videos of civil society organizing, celebrations, protests and returns continue to flood out of Damascus...

A series of political appointments announced this week by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al-Shara’a (otherwise known by his nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Jolani) are stirring unease across...

Syria’s delicate interim period is still defined by the very real threat of unrest and open hostilities in north-east Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are facing sustained challenges to...

Syria’s transition from 50 years of Assad regime rule to an uncertain future under HTS and former opposition factions was never going to be smooth. In the days since the...

In the early hours of 8th December, Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus, and the former opposition declared control of the capital, ending the Assad family’s brutal 50-year rule. Under Ahmad al-Shara’...

The regime of Bashar al-Assad fell to opposition forces in the early hours of 8th December 2024. Having made rapid advances from north-west and south Syria in the past week,...

Today the world woke up to a Syria without Bashar al-Assad, a reality that many felt unimaginable even just weeks ago. But in the early hours of the morning on...

This update was finalized at 23:00, 7 December. In the hours since, the Assad regime was finally overthrown as opposition forces took Damascus. Amid unverified rumors of his flight from...

Opposition and anti-regime groups in south Syria have joined the growing popular swell against the regime, which is rapidly losing territory across the country. Regime forces have fled and surrendered...