Issue 19, December 2024

The quasi-coup
Assad is gone but the deep state lives on

Correcting wrongdoings
What UNHCR needs to learn from its mistakes in Syria

The Sunnis strike back
Capture of Damascus paves way for more regional shifts

Issue 18, November 2024

Dodging politics
OCHA finalises Early Recovery Strategy and Trust Fund

Man without a mission
EU plans to appoint a Syria Envoy stir speculation

Safe zone reloaded
Turkish plans would see Aleppo encircled

From Belfast to Damascus
What Syrians can learn from the Northern Ireland peace process

Order out of chaos
A conversation with Abdulrahman Mustafa

The Peacemakers
Hotel Lobby

Issue 17, October 2024

Standing firm
How Europe’s Syria policy should respond to regional escalation

The end of Political Shi’ism
Israel’s war on Hezbollah ushers in a new era

Aleppo here we come
Rebels mull options for new offensive

Diplomacy in a broken world
A conversation with Jeffrey Feltman — Part 2

The Peacemakers
Flags of Fortune

Issue 16, September 2024

Its time has come
Breathing life into the UN’s Triple Nexus

Southern (dis)comfort
Daraa’s fragmented security points to Syria’s decentralised future

Diplomacy in a broken world
A conversation with Jeffrey Feltman — Part 1

The Peacemakers
A Call to Action

Issue 15, August 2024

Regime in transition
How Assad is embracing change to maintain the status quo

Highway to the danger zone
Italy’s Syria initiative carries risk for the EU

The fight goes on
A conversation with Badr Jamous

The Peacemakers
The Grand Opening

Issue 14, July 2024

Kiss of death
Turkey’s calculated overtures to Assad

Consent and Contingency
How to make cross-border aid future-proof

Unpacking the Early Recovery Trust Fund
A conversation with Adam Abdelmoula

Idlib rising
The irresistible return of politics to the northwest

Issue 13, June 2024

Pedersen’s opportunity
How the UN Envoy can salvage a sinking ship

Manifesting refugee return
Secret regime cable shows why UNHCR is wrong

Madaniya: One year on
A conversation with Sawsan Abou Zainedin

Some recollections may vary
Syrian Memory platform causes a stir

Issue 12, May 2024

Aiding and abetting
New report exposes yet more UN aid diversion

Not wishful thinking
Reimagining the call for a safe, calm, and neutral environment

Why the White House blocked the Anti-Normalisation Act
A conversation with Mouaz Moustafa

Back to the future
How old Syria takes are making a comeback

Issue 11, April 2024

Staying the Course
What to expect from Brussels VIII

Colliding with Congress
UN Country Team vs. Anti-Normalisation Act

Upgrading aid and EU engagement in Syria
Exploring the Aid Fund for Northern Syria

Breaking Bones but not taboos
How Syrian TV dramas help Assad deflect blame

Issue 10, March 2024

Reconstruction-lite
UN introduces Early Recovery Trust Fund

What Trump will do in the Middle East
A conversation with Joel Rayburn

New acts at the ostracisation arena
Norwegian chargé d’affaires and DRC in Damascus

Rise and decline of Tayy
One tribe’s fortunes reveals much about northeast Syria

Must try harder
How Syrian think tanks can up their game

Issue 9, February 2024

Escaping the rabbit hole
UN attempts to advance constitutional process

Disaster diplomacy
Griffiths reports setbacks to Security Council

Playing down the clock
The phony debate over Iran’s proxy network

Living in the crossfire
Jordan’s growing national security crisis

Chain of command
CIJA files prove Assad’s role in crimes

Issue 8, January 2024

Making hay as Gaza burns
Concern over neutrality rewards for Assad

The unyielding emirate
Understanding Qatar’s Syria policy

Deal of the Century
Why the West should come to terms with China

Assad’s invisible hand
Countering the regime’s dismissal of transitional justice

Jolani battles dissidents
HTS purge sign of shifting policy

Issue 7, December 2023

Yes, you can
Making sense of European strategic patience

Full spectrum transitional justice
Uniting truth-seeking, reconciliation and accountability

Diminishing returns
The decline of Russia’s soft power in Syria

Brothers in arms
Plot twists in the Deir Ezzor tribal revolt

Looking ahead
What to watch out for in 2024

Issue 6, November 2023

Triple Nexus Syria version
Introducing “cross-area” stabilisation

Timeless beauty
The case for UNSCR 2254

Gaza’s silver lining
Resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict

Shadow wars
Daraa’s anti-trafficking vigilantes

No way out
Why Alawites don’t turn against Assad

Issue 5, October 2023

Flat on arrival
UN’s steps-for-steps fails to impress

A revolt in need of a lifeline
Suwayda mulls its options

Master of Chaos
Iran pre-empts regional isolation

Death from above?
Doubts about the military college massacre

Postcard from Beijing
Assad’s Chinese holiday

Issue 4, September 2023

Fraying at the edges
Suwayda and Deir Ezzor rise up

Great Arab Revolt redux
Tribal power play in eastern Syria

Plan B for northwest Syria
An alternative to UN aid gains traction

Jump starting a process
How the Constitutional Committee can work

The Jolani tax
International legitimacy comes at a price

Issue 3, August 2023

Decluttering the European toolbox
Humanitarian exemptions and Early Recovery

The Guilt Trip
How to get money from the West

Enemies with benefits
Convergence between northwest and northeast Syria

Pedersen’s Frankenstein
Step-for-step goes rogue

Eastern approaches
Washington and Riyadh consider military options

Issue 2, July 2023

High on promise
The phony focus on Captagon

Holding the line
Brussels VII conference

The Assad whisperer
Griffiths in Damascus

The best of bad options
Erdogan’s third way on refugees

Astana is dead, long live Astana
20th International Meeting

Issue 1, June 2023

More than an aid conference
Brussels VII

Keeping the UNSCR 2254 flag flying
Opposition unity in Geneva

Fear and loathing in Jeddah
Assad’s tantrum at the airport

Staking a claim to space
Madaniya conference