Aron Lund, previously a nonresident fellow in the Carnegie Middle East Program, has published extensively on Syrian opposition movements and military dynamics. In addition to being a regular contributor to various journals and newspapers, Lund has published two books and several reports on Syrian militias and opposition politics. He is also the author of “Struggling to Adapt: The Muslim Brotherhood in a New Syria.”
Authoritarian states have largely survived the frontal challenges to their power since the Arab revolts in 2010. But alternative political ideas and power structures continue to emerge in marginal spaces or in geographical areas where the state’s authority weakens.
Infighting and regime gains suggest the rebels are heading for defeat around Damascus.
As Syrian rebels become more extreme, the only winner will be Bashar al-Assad.
In an interview, Abul-Abbas al-Shami looks back on his role in the Syrian uprising.
The biggest developments in Syria in 2016.
As 2016 comes to a close, Diwan offers recommendations for this period of relative rest.
Following infighting during the spring of 2016, the Eastern Ghouta has been split and Assad is now moving to recapture it.
A split in Ahrar al-Sham could prove very costly to the Syrian opposition.
The collapse of the east Aleppo pocket marks the end of a four-and-a-half year struggle for control over northern Syria’s largest city and will have broader political and humanitarian consequences.
In an interview, Derek Chollet looks back at the Obama administration’s decision-making on Syria.
