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Bashar Al Assad
May 13, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Will Lift Sanctions on Syria After Massive Business Deal Offer
Donald Trump claimed he wanted to give Syria a chance to rebuild itself.
January 21, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Tulsi Gabbard’s Secret Meeting with Syrian Dictator Exposed
Donald Trump’s pick for national intelligence secretly met with ex–Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
December 14, 2024
Oscar B. Castillo
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Sam Russek
The Fall of Bashar Al Assad, in Photos
Dramatic change is afoot in Syria, where the newly collapsed regime has opened the door to tension—and hope. TNR was there to capture the scenes.
December 9, 2024
Michael Tomasky
The World Is on Fire. And Trump’s About to Be President. Feel Better?
The president-elect’s affection for the worst despots and dictators should worry us all.
March 2, 2022
Brian Till
Is Russia Targeting Ukraine’s Hospitals?
Two hospitals have been hit by bombs over the past week, and past wars show that Putin considers medical facilities to be fair game.
December 14, 2020
Nate Berg
The Man Who Wants to Take Down Bashar Al Assad
Wolfgang Kaleck is using the justice system to do what nation-states will not or cannot.
October 24, 2019
Elizabeth Tsurkov
The Syria Withdrawal’s Other Victims
While coverage has focused on the plight of Kurds, more Syrian locals and NGO workers face arrest and torture in the vacuum Trump created.
September 4, 2019
Magazine
Daniel Bessner
The Fog of Intervention
Samantha Power did not set out to justify war.
September 20, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Doctrine Makes No Sense
His rambling, incoherent speech to the U.N. General Assembly was proof that the president only has one audience in mind—and it isn't a global one.
June 20, 2017
Jeet Heer
Does Trump’s Syria Policy Remind You of Someone?
Despite Trump's campaign rhetoric, his hawkish stance increasingly resembles Hillary Clinton's—and it's stirring fears of a major war.
April 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s Twelfth Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
April 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
Remember the Trump-Russia story? It’s back.
April 7, 2017
Alex Shephard
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s Eleventh Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
April 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Generals Have Won Their War With Trump
The missile attack on Syria shows how the president has caved to the Pentagon—with deadly consequences for U.S. foreign policy.
April 7, 2017
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump is losing some of his biggest supporters over Syria.
April 7, 2017
Clio Chang
The
New York Times
is putting a heartfelt spin on Trump’s bombing of Syria.
April 7, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just learned the quickest way to seem “presidential” is to lob a bunch of bombs into another country.
April 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
It’s dictator week at the Trump White House.
April 4, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump on Syria gas attack: It’s Obama’s fault.
December 19, 2016
Alex Shephard
The assassination of Russia’s Turkish ambassador looks to be payback for Aleppo.
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