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December 6, 2024

Syria
What Role Is Turkey Playing in Syria’s Civil War?

Turkey opposes the Assad regime, but the fall of the government could disrupt Ankara’s aims to reverse refugee flows and defeat Kurdish forces in Syria’s north.

Anti-government fighters ride in the back of a truck in Suran, between Aleppo and Hama, Syria, on December 3, 2024.

December 5, 2024

Syria
What Syria’s Revived Civil War Means for the Region

The surprise rebel offensive that has seized Aleppo and threatens other regime-held territories could mark a further weakening of Iran's regional sway but also spur a new cycle of violence and instab…

Armed men walk in the shade inside a courtyard of a white brick building dotted with patches of grass and rotundas.

March 12, 2025

Syria
Syria’s Surge in Violence Does Not Signal a New Civil War—for Now

A spate of attacks involving loyalists to former ruler President Bashar al-Assad has spurred concerns of a return to sectarian warfare in Syria, but there is still a path for the country’s new rulers…

A Syrian man points at bullet holes in a window of a hospital in Jableh town, 25 km south of Latakia, following a spate of violence between Syrian security forces and insurgents loyal to deposed president Bashar al-Assad in Syria's coastal region.

May 15, 2025

Europe
Polish, Romanian Elections Test Right-Wing Populism’s Rise in Europe

The most populous Eastern European member states in the European Union—Poland and Romania—will hold presidential elections on May 18 that have implications for the state of democracy and EU solidarit…

Hard-right eurosceptic George Simion and the centrist Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan attend a meeting of the National Union Bloc in Bucharest.

September 11, 2017

Privacy
Is the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Back in Business?

The executive branch and Congress have had a love-hate relationship with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Will a new chairman keep the board relevant?

Security camera at the Capitol

April 26, 2012

Elections and Voting
Video Brief: Civil Liberties

Civil liberties will present the winner of the 2012 U.S. presidential elections with challenges related to counterterrorism powers and practices, as well as challenges related to privacy rights, says…

May 13, 2025

Daily News Brief
Trump’s Trip to the Gulf

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day.  Subscribe to the Daily News Brief to receive it every weekday morning. …

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.

June 18, 2024

Sudan
Sudan’s Ongoing Civil War, With Michelle Gavin

Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the ongoing deadly conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Podcast A damaged tank in Omdurman, Sudan, on April 7, 2024.