By Serge Jordan 12 January 2025 The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long dictatorship last December has dramatically reshuffled the cards of Syria’s future. A sense of freedom and jubilation broke through among many Syrians following over five decades of tyranny. However, it is tempered by fear and unease, as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), now the […]

By Liv from Sweden Published 09 January 2025 This is the transcript of the introduction by Liv to the discussion on the global situation held during the meeting of the PRMI on 14 December 2024. It has been slightly edited for stylistic reasons.  I am going to focus on developments in the Middle East. I

The brutal over-half-century-long Assad-dictatorship has fallen in Syria. Thousands and thousands of political prisoners have been able to reunite with their families, many after years during which they were thought dead. Millions more who were internally displaced are rejoicing as they reunite with their families. The grip of fear losing its hold on people has