sent incorrectlyFollowing his statement on the Golan Heights, even Trump has had enough of BarrackThe US ambassador and special envoy to Syria is in a precarious position following his latest statements against Israel. Meanwhile, he has secured the disbandment of the Kurdish SDF and the strengthening of al-Sharaa byLuca Gambardella27 AUG 26
Provocations and raidsThe new standoff between Syria and Israel is on nuclear powerDamascus 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 NetanyahubyLuca Gambardella20 AUG 26
bombs in the northIsrael bombs the Abu al-Duhur base to tell Erdogan: get out of SyriaNetanyahu’s aim is to demilitarise the entire country out of fear of the new ‘Sunni axis’. But Turkey has the backing of the United StatesbyLuca Gambardella19 AUG 26
terrorists who are no longer terroristsAn Italian foreign fighter calls for rehabilitation: “Al Sharaa gets it, but not me?”Interview with Stefano Costantini, a former member of the Syrian president’s militia: “I want the same rights as him”byLuca Gambardella19 AUG 26
The Pioneers of BashanIn Syria, too, Israeli settlers repeatedly cross the border. “They’re wasting our time,” says the IDF“It’s absurd that we’re putting our lives at risk for them,” said a soldier on IDF radio. Many of those who are captured turn up again shortly afterwards in a fresh attempt to cross the border. “We’ve tried to explain it to them: you’re interfering with our work.”byLuca Gambardella15 AUG 26
editorialAssad’s death sentence turns into a safe conductRussian interests in Syria are intertwined with legal issues, and the death sentence handed down to the dictator takes on the significance of a life insurance policybyRedazione11 AUG 26
Dasvidania, TartuPutin is dismantling military bases in Syria, but he knows that al-Sharaa needs himAn 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 countrybyLuca Gambardella10 AUG 26
disarmament testsSyria: tensions flare up again between the SDF and Arab tribal leadersAlthough an agreement between the central government in Damascus and the Kurdish-led forces now seems imminent, the situation in the north-eastern province of Hasakah is causing concernbyShelly Kittleson31 JUL 26
DRAMAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST"Syria has now become an Islamic state"The Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Homs, Monsignor Jacques Mourad: “We thought we had finally achieved freedom. Instead, we have had to start fighting for it all over again.” The Christian population is at an all-time low: down from two million to three hundred thousandbyMatteo Matzuzzi28 JUL 26
the Druze martyrsVoices from Suwayda, Syria’s open wound that looks towards IsraelOne year on from the Druze massacre, whilst Damascus opens up to the world, the southern city remains isolated, impoverished and still seeking justice. A population divided between the Jewish state and al-Sharaa byLuca Gambardella18 JUL 26