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loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-11/DannyMakki_full.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=YYIPaWmE" width="480" height="480" alt="Danny Makki Headshot" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__content card__content--bottom"> <div class="card__name"> <h2 class="heading h6"> <a href="/authors/danny-makki" title="Danny Makki">Danny Makki</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>London</strong>, reporting on <strong>Syrian politics and culture</strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> <div class="card card--profile"> <span class="profile-link"> <div class="card__content card__content--top"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/authors/ali-hashem.html" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2020/alihashem.jpeg/alihashem.jpeg?h=55541bb6&itok=nLl6A792" width="480" height="480" alt="alihashem.jpeg" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__content card__content--bottom"> <div class="card__name"> <h2 class="heading h6"> <a href="/authors/ali-hashem.html" title="Ali Hashem">Ali Hashem</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>Doha</strong>, reporting on <strong>Iran, regional politics, conflict</strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> <div class="card card--profile"> <span class="profile-link"> <div class="card__content card__content--top"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/authors/cagatay-cebe" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/Cebe.jpeg?h=0a2aed9b&itok=Ssc7WZ27" width="480" height="480" alt="pic" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__content card__content--bottom"> <div class="card__name"> <h2 class="heading h6"> <a href="/authors/cagatay-cebe" title="Cagatay Cebe">Cagatay Cebe</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>Istanbul</strong>, reporting on <strong>security and counterterrorism </strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section section--constrain"> <div class="section--content section--content--constrain"> <div class="divider divider--default u-position--relative u-padding--8" style="color:currentColor;" aria-hidden='true'> <hr class="u-position--absolute" style='background-color=currentColor'> <div class="divider__diamonds"> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-b1d70c4de9fc7cfc6e2f174b20c054c6321d885c5ba7205d586b51e316208ab6 view--taxonomy-term view--taxonomy-term--chrono"> <section class="section section--taxonomy-term-chrono section--gallery-4 section--constrain"> <div class="section--content section--content--constrain view-content grid--featured-content grid--gallery-4"> <article class="card card--analysis card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/are-lebanon-syria-ripe-peace-israel-or-cusp-more-escalation" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2206318184.jpg?h=476030cb&itok=l3Z07E6S" width="870" height="489" alt="An Israeli soldier checks a Merkava battle tank deployed at a position in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights along the border with southern Syria on March 25, 2025. Israel's military said it carried out a second strike in Syria on March 25, in response to incoming fire from across the demarcation line, hours after Syrian authorities reported that at least five people had been killed as a result of Israeli shelling. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--analysis u-text-color--analysis"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Analysis </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/are-lebanon-syria-ripe-peace-israel-or-cusp-more-escalation" > Are Lebanon, Syria ripe for peace with Israel or on cusp of more escalation? </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/are-lebanon-syria-ripe-peace-israel-or-cusp-more-escalation" > While some Israeli leaders hope for normalized ties with Lebanon and Syria, others warn that the uncertainty of the current situation could become permanent or deteriorate. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/ben-caspit.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/Ben-Caspit-headshot.jpg?h=502e75fa&itok=N91f5MFO" alt="Ben Caspit" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/ben-caspit.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Ben Caspit</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>Tel Aviv</strong>, reporting on <strong>national security, Israeli politics, defense</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/saudi-arabia-hosts-defense-chiefs-syria-lebanon-border-heats-what-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/murhaf.png?h=8ce43d8a&itok=3chG7TQd" width="870" height="489" alt=" A composite image shows Lebanese Minister of Defense Michel Menassa (L) and Syrian Minister of Defense Murhaf Abu Qasra." /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/saudi-arabia-hosts-defense-chiefs-syria-lebanon-border-heats-what-know" > Saudi Arabia hosts defense chiefs of Syria, Lebanon as border heats up: What to know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/saudi-arabia-hosts-defense-chiefs-syria-lebanon-border-heats-what-know" > The Syrian and Lebanese defense ministers will meet soon as the border between the two countries remains volatile following clashes between Lebanese tribal members and Syrian security forces. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/israeli-incursion-southern-syria-kills-6-jordan-condemns-what-we-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2188729098.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=9nu9DJRl" width="870" height="489" alt="Salah Malkawi/Getty Images" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/israeli-incursion-southern-syria-kills-6-jordan-condemns-what-we-know" > Israeli incursion into southern Syria kills 6 as Jordan condemns: What we know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/israeli-incursion-southern-syria-kills-6-jordan-condemns-what-we-know" > At least six people were killed by Israeli shelling in southern Syria’s Koya, per Syrian authorities. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/us-offers-syrian-government-conditions-limited-sanctions-relief" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2197246674.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=sR0VsP4W" width="870" height="489" alt="BILAL ALHAMMOUD/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/us-offers-syrian-government-conditions-limited-sanctions-relief" > US offers Syrian government conditions for limited sanctions relief </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/us-offers-syrian-government-conditions-limited-sanctions-relief" > If the conditions are met, the Trump administration would consider waivers for sanctions imposed under the Caesar Act as well as approve a two-year extension of General License 24. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/whats-behind-syrian-authorities-arrest-former-assad-officers" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2188905123.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=BYqgC-K6" width="870" height="489" alt="Men and boys stand near ruined buildings in the Tadamon suburb of Damascus, Syria, Dec. 12, 2024." /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/whats-behind-syrian-authorities-arrest-former-assad-officers" > What's behind Syrian authorities' arrest of former Assad officers? </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/whats-behind-syrian-authorities-arrest-former-assad-officers" > Syria’s transitional government has been arresting remnants of the ousted regime, including officers involved in alleged war crimes and drug trade. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--feature card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/fearing-safety-syrias-alawites-who-fled-lebanon-have-no-plans-return" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2204161822.jpg?h=8eae3f9b&itok=68sJ581t" width="870" height="489" alt="Members of a family riding a motorcycle drive past a charred car in the town of Jableh in Syria's coastal province of Latakia on March 12, 2025. At least 1,383 civilians, the vast majority of them Alawites, were killed in a recent wave of violence that gripped Syria's Mediterranean coast, a war monitor said on March 12. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--feature u-text-color--feature"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Feature </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/fearing-safety-syrias-alawites-who-fled-lebanon-have-no-plans-return" > Fearing for safety, Syria's Alawites who fled to Lebanon have no plans to return </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/fearing-safety-syrias-alawites-who-fled-lebanon-have-no-plans-return" > More than 30 members of one family spoke to Al-Monitor after fleeing into northern Lebanon from Syria amid a spasm of sectarian violence in the country. Many remain skeptical that it's safe to return. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/katya-hovnanian-alexanian" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-03/Screen%20Shot%202024-06-02%20at%207.25.12%20AM.png?h=814a835d&itok=qe7o0S-5" alt="Katya Hovnanian-Alexanian" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/katya-hovnanian-alexanian" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Katya Hovnanian-Alexanian</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s"></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/syrias-new-government-seizes-3-million-captagon-pills-aleppo" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2202399155.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=F5gSPD-h" width="870" height="489" alt="Captagon" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/syrias-new-government-seizes-3-million-captagon-pills-aleppo" > Syria's new government seizes 3 million Captagon pills in Aleppo </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/syrias-new-government-seizes-3-million-captagon-pills-aleppo" > Authorities have pledged to crack down on Captagon as production and trade continue elsewhere in the region. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/russias-putin-sends-letter-sharaa-offering-syria-practical-cooperation" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/Sharaa_Putin.png?h=2d44e782&itok=rjr7NG6m" width="870" height="489" alt="Sharaa Putin" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/russias-putin-sends-letter-sharaa-offering-syria-practical-cooperation" > Russia's Putin sends letter to Sharaa offering Syria 'practical cooperation' </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/russias-putin-sends-letter-sharaa-offering-syria-practical-cooperation" > The letter follows Putin and Sharaa speaking on the phone in February and thousands of Syrians seeking refugee at Russia’s base in the country earlier this month. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/germany-reopens-embassy-syria-after-13-year-closure-what-we-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2199041351.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=6rkpPn-l" width="870" height="489" alt="German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (R) shakes hands with Syria's Minister of Foreign Affairs Asaad Hassan al-Shibani during their meeting on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany on Feb. 15, 2025. " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/germany-reopens-embassy-syria-after-13-year-closure-what-we-know" > Germany reopens embassy in Syria after 13-year closure: What we know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/germany-reopens-embassy-syria-after-13-year-closure-what-we-know" > Berlin was a vocal critic of the Assad regime and after its fall, has repeatedly stressed the need to ensure the unity of Syria and equality between all of its components, including Kurds, Druze, Christians and Alawites. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/syria" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#syria"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Syria</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--feature card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/afraid-whats-next-alawites-syrias-homs-edge-after-revenge-attacks" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2203937785.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=sr1cHzsc" width="870" height="489" alt="DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--feature u-text-color--feature"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Feature </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/afraid-whats-next-alawites-syrias-homs-edge-after-revenge-attacks" > ‘Afraid of what’s next’: Alawites in Syria’s Homs on edge after revenge attacks </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/afraid-whats-next-alawites-syrias-homs-edge-after-revenge-attacks" > Alawites in Homs say the regime's overthrow has fueled sectarian tensions in the divided city. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/elizabeth-hagedorn.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/Screen-Shot-2022-09-14-at-10.21.05-PM.jpg?h=502e75fa&itok=Toyz6AYR" alt="Elizabeth Hagedorn" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/elizabeth-hagedorn.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Elizabeth Hagedorn</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>Washington, DC</strong>, reporting on <strong>diplomacy, regional politics, human rights</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/after-ceasefire-lebanon-and-syria-patrol-border-top-us-commander-calls-haykal" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2188451852%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=GKYmZxHj" width="870" height="489" alt="A Lebanese soldier sets up barbed wire at the Lebanon-Syria border in Al-Arida on Dec. 9, 2024. " /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/after-ceasefire-lebanon-and-syria-patrol-border-top-us-commander-calls-haykal" > After ceasefire, Lebanon and Syria patrol border as top US commander calls Haykal </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/after-ceasefire-lebanon-and-syria-patrol-border-top-us-commander-calls-haykal" > Lebanon and Syria reached a ceasefire late Monday evening after another incident of deadly border clashes. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/lebanon" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.2#lebanon"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Lebanon</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2025/03/israel-pushes-militarily-southern-syria-new-strikes-kill-3-what-we-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2025-03/GettyImages-2205164183.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=yqXs9Z6f" width="870" height="489" alt="BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2025/03/israel-pushes-militarily-southern-syria-new-strikes-kill-3-what-we-know" > Israel pushes militarily in southern Syria as new strikes kill 3: What we know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2025/03/israel-pushes-militarily-southern-syria-new-strikes-kill-3-what-we-know" > Israel said earlier that it struck military sites in southern Syria while the government reported three civilians were killed. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> 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