Syria

ISIS Jul 18, 2017 Snapshot

Washington's Dead End in Syria

Victory Will Only Last if the U.S. Stays

Sam Heller

A camp for people displaced from fighting in Raqqa, Syria, July 2017.

ISIS Jul 14, 2017 Snapshot

The Names of Jihad

A Guide to ISIS' Noms de Guerre

Vera Mironova and Karam Alhamad

An ISIS fighter films a parade in Raqqa, July 2014.

Strategy & Conflict Jul 6, 2017 Snapshot

Making Syria Safe for Refugees

How to Head Off a Humanitarian Crisis

Jesse Marks and Alexander Decina

A refugee boy at a camp near the village of Karama, east of Raqqa, July 2017.

ISIS Jun 22, 2017 Snapshot

Is ISIS Leader Baghdadi Still Alive?

What His Death Would Mean for the Group's Survival

Colin P. Clarke

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaking at the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul, July 2014.

ISIS Jun 8, 2017 Snapshot

ISIS' Yazidi Genocide

Demographic Evidence of the Killings and Kidnappings

Valeria Cetorelli, Isaac Sasson, Nazar Shabila, and Gilbert Burnham

A Yazidi boy who was kidnapped by ISIS hugs his grandmother after being returned to his family, February 2017.

ISIS Jun 3, 2017 Snapshot

The Scramble for Eastern Syria

With ISIS Weakening, the Game Is On

Andrew J. Tabler

A Syrian government soldier gives a victory sign while looking out over east Aleppo, November 2016.

Security May 11, 2017 Snapshot

The Right Way to Create Safe Zones in Syria

Six Steps for the Trump Administration

Paul R. Williams and J. Trevor Ulbrick

Crossing a highway in Aleppo, Syria, January 2015.

Refugees & Migration May 1, 2017 Snapshot

What Do Syrians Want Their Future to Be?

A Survey of Refugees in Turkey

Kristin Fabbe, Chad Hazlett, and Tolga Sinmazdemir

Syrian refugee Ahmet Ilevi stands in front of the container where he has lived with his wife (not seen) and five children since 2013 at the Harran refugee camp in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 2016.

Strategy & Conflict Apr 14, 2017 Snapshot

A Non-Signal to Syria

Why the Strike May Not Shape Assad's Behavior

Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, April 2017.

WMD & Proliferation Apr 11, 2017 Snapshot

Putting Syrian Civilians First

Chemicals Weapons Aren't the Only Reason to Act

Betcy Jose

Syrian children at a camp for internally displaced persons in Manbij, April 2017.

Strategy & Conflict Apr 10, 2017 Snapshot

Trump's Syria Test

The Strikes Will Do Little to Achieve U.S. Interests

Jeffrey A. Stacey

U.S. President Donald Trump and senior officials after a U.S. missile strike on Syria, April 2017.

WMD & Proliferation Apr 6, 2017 Snapshot

Syria Policy After the Chemical Attacks

Stopping the Gas, Not Toppling Assad, Should Be the Goal

Sam Heller

A man breathes through an oxygen mask after a suspected gas attack in Idlib, Syria, April 2017.

Refugees & Migration Mar 22, 2017 Snapshot

Five Myths About Syrian Refugees

Separating Fact From Fiction

Max Abrahms, Denis Sullivan, and Charles Simpson

A Syrian refugee and his daughter walk toward the Greek-Macedonian border, September 2015.

ISIS Mar 11, 2017 Snapshot

The Women Who Escaped ISIS

From Abused to Accused

Letta Tayler

ISIS Feb 15, 2017 Snapshot

Cracks in the Islamic State

The Fighters Who Fell Away

Vera Mironova and Ekaterina Sergatskova

Syria Feb 12, 2017 Snapshot

Egypt Picks Sides in the Syrian War

How Sisi Learned to Love Assad

Oren Kessler

ISIS Feb 1, 2017 Snapshot

ISIS’ New Frontier

How It's Regrouping in an Oil-Rich Syrian Province

Vera Mironova and Karam Alhamad

United Nations Jan 11, 2017 Snapshot

Enabling Assad

The UN's Failure in Syria

Annie Sparrow

A soldier from the Free Syrian Army stands on bags of UN humanitarian aid in Homs, February 2014.

Syria Dec 7, 2016 Snapshot

Modern Siege Warfare

How It Is Changing Counterinsurgency

Michael Jackson, Lionel Beehner, and Benedetta Berti

Campaign 2016 Nov 29, 2016 Snapshot

Iran and Assad in the Age of Trump

Why the Don Could Cut a Deal

Alex Vatanka

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Washington's Dead End in Syria

The Names of Jihad

Making Syria Safe for Refugees

Is ISIS Leader Baghdadi Still Alive?

ISIS' Yazidi Genocide

The Scramble for Eastern Syria

The Right Way to Create Safe Zones in Syria

What Do Syrians Want Their Future to Be?

A Non-Signal to Syria

Putting Syrian Civilians First

Trump's Syria Test

Syria Policy After the Chemical Attacks

Five Myths About Syrian Refugees

The Women Who Escaped ISIS

Cracks in the Islamic State

Egypt Picks Sides in the Syrian War

ISIS’ New Frontier

Enabling Assad

Modern Siege Warfare

Iran and Assad in the Age of Trump

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