Current data on Syrian refugee camps in neighboring countries. Sept. 6, 2013— -- The United States is gearing up to launch a small-scale military strike on Syria in response to President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons on civilians.

Syria’s map of control has been shaken to its core since late 2024, when the Deterrence of Aggression offensive erupted and the Assad government fell, unleashing a series of security and military shifts that continued to redraw the country’s landscape ...

A comparison of features in before and after photos of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir ez-Zor (analysis by the author for Hyperallergic) Using satellite imagery from 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014, the Operational Satellite Applications Programme ...

Early March 2025 was when Syria’s post-Assad transition turned sour. In scenes that resembled the worst moments of Syria’s civil war, hundreds of Alawite civilians were killed, probably by a combination of pro-government forces and extra-judicial Sunni ...

Iran dreamed up a U.S.-style Marshall Plan to rebuild Syria after the civil war. It invested billions to build influence there. Documents from its looted embassy in Damascus reviewed by Reuters show how that plan went spectacularly wrong with the ouster of ...