Subject: Politics and Governance

A US-mediated prisoner swap agreement, negotiated behind the scenes beginning earlier this year, saw interim authorities and Druze factions release ...

One year into Syria’s political transition, this second round of ETANA’s public opinion survey reveals a transition that remains fragile ...

Israel is stepping up is provocative activities in south-west Syria: November saw an increase in cross-border ground incursions and raids ...

The 5th October 2025 parliamentary elections were presented as a landmark in Syria’s post-Assad transition, yet the process demonstrated authoritarian ...

Building on the ceasefire brokered between Syria, Jordan and the US in late July, the three countries last week announced ...

As interim President Ahmad al-Shara’a travels to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, he departs an increasingly fractured ...

There has been no change to the map of control in Suwayda since ETANA’s last reporting in late August. Suwayda’s ...

The Suwayda crisis has laid bare the dangers of militarised governance, exclusionary politics, and top-down transition models. Without a fundamental ...

Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Syria found itself at a critical juncture, a turbulent phase marked by deep ...

Last week marked six months since the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the beginning of the fragile, fast-moving political transition ...