By Henri J. Barkey
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![<p>Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) participate in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, February 12, 2026.</p>]()
![<p>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the eightieth UN General Assembly in New York on September 24.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook- By Elliott Abrams
- By Elliott Abrams
![<p>Men play cards at a coffee shop as Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses the nation in a televised speech, in Damascus, Syria on May 14.</p>]()
By Christina Bouri![<p>A man points at bullet holes in a window of a hospital following a spate of violence between Syrian security forces and insurgents loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s coastal region, on March 10, 2025. </p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![<p>An aerial view of U.S. military vehicles assembled during a joint counterterrorism exercise with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria in 2021.</p>]()
By Henri J. Barkey![<p>Myanmar’s junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>A member of the Russian military police guards a checkpoint on the outskirts of Damascus adorned with portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) in March 2018.</p>]()
By Thomas Graham![<p>Rebel fighters ride in a vehicle after they seized Damascus and ousted President Bashar in Syria, December 9, 2024.</p>]()
By Bruce Hoffman- By Steven A. Cook
![<p>People hold the Syrian opposition flag in Aleppo as they celebrate the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year authoritarian rule, on December 8, 2024.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![<p>Anti-government fighters ride in the back of a truck in Suran, between Aleppo and Hama, Syria, on December 3, 2024.</p>]()
By Henri J. Barkey![<p>Rebel fighters walk at the Great Mosque in the city of Maraat al-Numan in Idlib province on December 1, 2024.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook
