Syria

The Syrian Exodus

Today's gruesome car bomb attack in Damascus only adds to the worries of Syrians agonizing over whether to stay or flee.

MAY 10, 2012

Annan's Mission Impossible

Why is everyone pretending that the U.N. plan in Syria has a prayer of succeeding?

BY SALMAN SHAIKH | MAY 8, 2012

Brothers in Arms

Syrian dissidents are getting out of Damascus, but they can't escape their memories of torture.

BY SOPHIA JONES | MAY 8, 2012

The Dumb Idea Hall of Fame

There's much more where this came from, but here are five terrible ideas to get us started.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 2, 2012

Tarred and Feathered

Vice President Joe Biden's confident speech today painted Mitt Romney as both George W. Bush and Michael Dukakis when it comes to foreign policy.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | APRIL 26, 2012

The Rubio Doctrine

The potential veep contender makes a decidedly non-Romneyesque statement on foreign policy.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | APRIL 25, 2012

Containing Weapons of Mass Surveillance

President Obama is on the right track with Monday's executive order, but the United States needs to get tougher on the global digital arms race.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | APRIL 24, 2012

The Heroines of the Arab World

Twelve women challenging their societies to change the status quo.

BY ALLISON GOOD | APRIL 23, 2012

Smart Sanctions: A Short History

How a blunt diplomatic tool morphed into the precision-guided measures we know today.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | MAY/JUNE 2012

The Qatar Bubble

Can this tiny, rich emirate really solve the Middle East's thorniest political conflicts?

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | MAY/JUNE 2012

The New Arab Oz

We’re not in Kansas anymore, and there is no yellow brick road to guide us to salvation.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 18, 2012

Any Given Friday

How a battle over a Facebook page became a war for the soul of the Syrian revolution.

BY AMAL HANANO | APRIL 18, 2012

Who Broke Syria?

Bashar al-Assad did. But the international community and the media made things worse.

BY JAMES HARKIN | APRIL 17, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

North Korea launches a dud, a fragile cease-fire holds in Syria, and Rick Santorum bows out.

APRIL 13, 2012

The Least Bad Option

Let's face it, there are no good solutions to the mess in Syria.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 30, 2012

Eating Cinnabon in Damascus

Why are foreign brands like KFC, the Four Seasons, and Cinnabon still trying to make a buck in Syria?

BY KATIE PAUL | MARCH 26, 2012

The Dictator's Inbox

Inside the circuitous trail that brought Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's scandalous emails into the public eye.

BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH 23, 2012

Odious Obligations

Russia and China may feel fine with making bad moral decisions when it comes to Syria, but even they don’t like to make bad economic decisions. Can preemptive sanctions turn up the heat on Assad?

BY CHARLES KENNY | MARCH 19, 2012

Will the Good BRICS Please Stand Up?

You can call them respectable democracies, but India, Brazil, and South Africa will be judged by how they act abroad. And on the Syria question, it's been shameful.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 9, 2012

How Not to Intervene in Syria

After everything that's happened over the last decade, shouldn’t we know a quagmire when we see one?

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 8, 2012

The Personality Problem

In an age of globalization and revolutionary upheaval, grand impersonal forces might appear to be winning out. But don't discount the human factor.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 7, 2012

No Refuge

Syrians fleeing the massacre back home battle boredom, callous foreign governments, and growing religious rifts.

BY JUSTIN VELA | MARCH 7, 2012

Home Away From Homs

Syrians fleeing the violence have been left stranded in the no-man's land of refugee camps.

MARCH 7, 2012

Kill the Messenger

What Russia taught Syria: When you destroy a city, make sure no one -- not even the story -- gets out alive.

BY ROBERT YOUNG PELTON | MARCH 2, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

A Spanish festival, voting in Iran, and more violence in Syria.

MARCH 2, 2012

The Fall of Homs

The rebels may have retreated, but the revolution goes on.

BY MICHAEL WEISS | MARCH 1, 2012

Why Washington Is the Syrian Opposition's Next Battlefront

Syria’s opposition faces an uphill battle in its efforts to win backing from U.S. policymakers.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Five Years in Damascus

How my Syrian adventure became a nightmare.

BY STEPHEN STARR | FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Saudi Arabia Is Arming the Syrian Opposition

What could possibly go wrong?

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | FEBRUARY 27, 2012

When Assad Won

A bloody six-year civil war fought against Bashar al-Assad's father presents a cautionary tale for Syria's modern-day rebels.

BY DAVID KENNER | FEBRUARY 22, 2012