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Trump brings out the big guns for Syrian leader's historic visit
Middle East

Trump brings out the big guns for Syrian leader's historic visit

Last week, Sharaa was a US-designated terrorist. Today, he’s sitting in the Oval Office

Is there a brewing crisis in the State Dept’s Mideast Bureau?
QiOSK

Is there a brewing crisis in the State Dept’s Mideast Bureau?

Trump may have yanked Joel Rayburn for being too hawkish on Syria, but now an Iran hawk is left guarding the hen house

Syria’s ticking time bomb
Middle East

Syria’s ticking time bomb

Without some form of transitional justice to address sectarian violence, the country risks slipping back into chaos

Senate votes to lift crippling sanctions on Syria
Washington Politics

Senate votes to lift crippling sanctions on Syria

Questions remain about whether the repeal is 'clean'—and whether the House will follow suit

Sanctions are strangling Syria’s new economy
Middle East

Sanctions are strangling Syria’s new economy

Our reporter details first hand how measures first designed to fight Assad now risk crippling his successor

Ahmed al-Sharaa
QiOSK

Syria's new leader sheds terror past at UN

World leaders embraced Ahmed al-Sharaa amid uncertainty back home