Damascus is not responding militarily to the IDF’s air strikes but says it could use the nuclear material inherited from Assad for civilian purposes. A bad sign for Netanyahu

Netanyahu’s aim is to demilitarise the entire country out of fear of the new ‘Sunni axis’. But Turkey has the backing of the United States

Interview with Stefano Costantini, a former member of the Syrian president’s militia: “I want the same rights as him”

An agreement has been signed bringing an end to the Russian concession in Tartus and Latakia. But crude oil, wheat and the veto power at the UN remain the Kremlin’s leverage to keep a foothold in the country