A pro-Assad protester during the 2011 protests.
EPA/Youssef Badawi
The West’s chosen solution to the Syrian conflict demands action that it’s unwilling to take.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on the screen of a television camera during his visit to the new studio complex Russia Today in June 2013.
Yuri Kochetkov/Reuters
A Russian media expert spent the weekend consuming Russian coverage of America’s response to the chemical attacks in Syria.
A roll of pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
Reuters/Khaled al-Hariri
History suggests it would be a big mistake.
President Donald Trump after speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Are Trump’s missile strikes against Syria constitutional? An expert on Congress and foreign policy provides a brief history of how the separation of war powers has blurred over time.
Cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017.
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Was this a one-off intervention – or a sign that Trump will undertake more of an effort to undermine the Assad regime?
Trump boards Air Force One on April 6, 2017.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
‘America First’ apparently doesn’t mean a step away from playing the world’s policeman – and three more things to note about U.S. airstrikes on Syria.
An alliance tested.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo/Sputnik Pool
A thawing of tensions between the two superpowers seems as far away as it was under Obama.
Trump has a change of heart.
Reuters/Carlos Barria
Donald Trump suddenly appears to have been overcome with a sense of responsibility towards the people of Syria. How can that be explained?
US Navy Office of Information
The question now is how recent critical changes will impact on-the-ground military strategy.
Military strikes against a Syrian airforce base mark Donald Trump’s first big foreign policy test as president.
Reuters/Carlos Barria
The US military’s attack on a Syrian airforce base sets a worrying precedent of brashness and uncertainty in how the Trump administration may handle future crises in international relations.
EPA/Mohammed Badra
The individual most directly responsible for a colossal humanitarian crisis is still in power – and might be for some time.
The Syrian Democratic Forces were excluded from the latest round of peace talks.
Rodi Said/Reuters
Although the uprising in Syria will mark its sixth anniversary this month, the Syrian war has far from run its course.
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Reuters/Agencja Gazeta
This year may be a critical turning point for Syria and the five-year civil war, at least for the Assad regime, which is poised to regain full control of the country. After the crucial Aleppo victory…
Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have a long history as leaders of their countries and players in the Syrian war.
SANA/EPA
More than five years into a catastrophic, multi-sided war of attrition, a new order for Syria is coming into view.
Mosul is one of many war-torn cities in the middle East.
Reuters/Alaa Al-Marjani
In the Middle East, there will be no easy choices for the incoming Trump administration - and a wild ride is likely to continue.
Before regime forces reclaimed east Aleppo, it was the last major civilian centre still controlled by the insurgency.
Reuters/George Ourfalian
The Assad regime’s takeover of Aleppo is a major strategic and psychological blow for the Syrian opposition.
EPA
With the rebels on the back foot and the US sidelined, other major players hold the keys to Syria’s future.
EPA/Drew Angerer
The most disastrous conflict to break out in the Obama years is still nowhere near its end. It could have been very different.
Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states, are concerned by the election of Donald Trump.
Ali Jarekji/Reuters
Muslims everywhere were offended and psychologically shocked by the president-elect’s views. But Syria and Egypt think they can benefit from a Trump presidency.