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Dispatches from Damascus: A reporter's view of the new Syria
Analysis

Dispatches from Damascus: A reporter's view of the new Syria

Syria has just endured decades worth of change in two weeks, and Finn DePencier was there for it first hand.

​Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani greets the crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar Assad, on Dec. 8, 2024.
Analysis

What Assad’s fall means for Syria, the Middle East, Moscow and Washington

Syria’s government has fallen, precipitating change across the region and beyond. How did things get here, and where could they go?

MBS CONFRONTS Trump!
Puppet Regime

MBS CONFRONTS Trump!

Who among us has not gotten stiffed by a superpower. #PUPPETREGIME

​Smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a building close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024.
What We're Watching

Israel kills top Iranian commanders in Damascus

The freshly un-herniated Bibi flexed some muscle beyond Israel’s borders on Monday, as an apparent IDF air strike flattened the Iranian consulate in Damascus