Syria’s New Rulers Sets Their Priorities
Security and service delivery are vital to Syria’s new rulers.
Security and service delivery are vital to Syria’s new rulers.
Assad’s departure places the Autonomous Administration in doubt
Security guarantees were key to the nearly bloodless march on Damascus.
Power to the party, not the presidency
Commanded by President Bashar al-Assad’s brother Maher, Syria’s Fourth Division has become a key power center since 2011
When Hafez al-Assad seized power in Syria, his regime adopted socialist economic slogans in keeping with its Baathist roots
Lebanon’s catastrophe gives Damascus leverage at home and abroad
Syria’s PYD conference made unusual changes to party policy
Russia hoped that its 2015 intervention would turn the tide on its declining influence in the region
The Syrian regime has dealt cautiously with the concept of decentralization since the revolution in 2011
The Syrian regime is changing the way it recruits to its army, depleted by years of war, desertions and the failures of the conscription and reserve models.
The regime’s aversion to civil society has a new address.
