US risks irrelevance in Syria with reconstruction taboos - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Julian Pecquet

Julian Pecquet

Mar 12, 2018

A Syrian boy walks amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, July 22, 2017. — GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty Images

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Members of Syria's opposition attend a Syrian opposition conference in Cairo July 2, 2012. Members of Syria's opposition and Arab and other foreign ministers begin a two-day conference in Cairo. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

US Courts Emerging Leaders in Syria to Avoid Iraq Pitfalls

Barbara Slavin

Syrian men work on reconstructing a damaged building in the northern Syrian city of Raqa, on January 16, 2018 after a huge military operation led on the ground by Kurdish fighters and in the air by US warplanes defeated jihadists from the Islamic State group but also left the city completely disfigured.
Once home to around 300,000 people, Raqa's neighbourhoods were empty when it was declared retaken in mid-October. Three months on, despite the lack of infrastructure and the lingering threat of unexploded mi

Assad, Turkey hamper US assistance for Syria

In Washington, reporting on Congress

Security guards stand in front of the United Arab Emirates embassy during its reopening in Damascus, Syria December 27, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC1F43BEB420

Gulf states slowly warm to Damascus

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

People in the old city of Damascus, Syria, September 17, 2018. Picture taken September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Marko Djurica - RC1F0309D400

US sees renewed leverage over Assad in Syria

Jack Detsch