Syria

Sharaa’s gamble on centralising Syria by force rather than democratic consensus building gets a deadly reality check in Suweida, writes Joseph Daher.

Gilbert Achcar on the origin of the recent bloody clashes in the Druze-majority Suwayda Governorate and the prospects of post-Assad Syria.

Statements by the Syrian Democratic Council, the Democratic Union Party and the Women’s Protection Units on violence in Suwayda.

Revolutionary Left Current — The neo-colonial authority seeks to subjugate As-Suwayda, whose people demand democracy, equality and freedom for all Syrians.

Sushovan Dhar — As Israel’s war continues to inflict suffering on Gaza, Arab monarchies busied themselves with welcoming Trump and signing multimillion-dollar trade agreements.

Engin Sustam says that the Kurdish movement is no longer just an organization but an international people’s movement rooted in socialism.

Yassin al-Haj Saleh — The enormity of Assad’s fall is one thing; claiming the revolution has triumphed is another.

Where did the “global neofascist axis” come from, and where is it going? What destabilizing effects might Russia’s war in Ukraine have? Ilya Budraitskis and Gilbert Achcar discuss the current conjuncture.

Women's Defense Units — In response to the massacres committed against our Syrian people, our greatest act of resistance will be to embrace legitimate self-defense and realize a democratic Syria that welcomes all peoples.

Azize Aslan discusses the economic order and class relations in Rojava (North and East Syria) and the role class struggle plays in the revolution.

Revolutionary Left Current — The interim constitutional declaration has entrenched the very opposite of the goals and roots of the Syrian revolution.

Yaqoub Abdul Majeed — After more than five decades of the Assad family’s rule, Syria appears to be entering a phase of “Assadism without an Assad”.