Issue 39

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Issue 39 – October 2026

Politics & Power

Get Rich or Die Tryin’

Syria’s government is pursuing a morally questionable economic policy that’s already faltering

Diplomacy

Al-Sharaa vs. McGurk

The UN General Assembly and the grammar of good and evil

Arts & Culture

Political theatre by a political performer

The Revival of the Al-Hamra Theatre under Nawar Bulbul

Economy, Aid & Reconstruction

Syria Business Diary – September 2026

Twenty litres in Damascus, billions in Dubai

Interviews

What the Knesset elections mean for Syria

A conversation with Ksenia Svetlova

Arts & Culture

Armenian Aleppo, one plate at a time

A restaurant review of Abu Hagop in Aleppo

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