As many as 1.4 million of
the 16.5 million Syrians who
continue to live in the country
after 10 years of conflict reside
in areas under the control of
the Syrian National Army (SNA),
a proxy force established by
Turkey.
There is a clip that occasionally resurfaces on social media of a young Kurdish sniper. The unidentified woman is looking through her rifle’s scope and takes a shot, only to have a round fired from the Islamic State impact inches from her head.
After nearly a decade of conflict, it appears that efforts are underway, or at least beginning to get underway, to re-normalize relations with Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria.
The group may no longer have its caliphate, but it’s far from defeated.
The United States has quietly cut a deal with Russia that eases the political pressure on Syria at the United Nations.
How we navigated oppression, dissent and the threat of torture in Assad’s Syria
By reconciling with an estranged uncle, Syria’s dictator may have definitively reestablished his power.
A mother and father weep over their child’s body who was killed in a suspected chemical weapons attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, in August 21, 2013 / NurPhoto / Corbis via Getty Images
The rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) had many sources, ranging from the Iraqi government’s increased discrimination against Sunnis to the collapse of Syria into civil war
In its quest to fulfill its expansionist ambitions, Turkey is pursuing a systematic Turkification policy in areas under its control in northern Syria.
