After years of destabilizing international and non-international armed conflict that has resulted in the loss of lives, destruction of communities, and decimation of economic opportunity in places ...

Rebuilding Iraq is an enormous task. Iraq is a large country with historic divisions, exacerbated by a brutal and corrupt regime. The country’s twenty-four million people and its infrastructure and ...

The importance of culture in deciding whether to return home following the Islamic State occupation of Nineveh, by group. (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) Stockholm (AINA) -- The ...

WASHINGTON, October 21, 2025 – Syria’s reconstruction costs are estimated at $216 billion after more than thirteen years of conflict, according to a new World Bank report. The Syria Physical Damage ...

The Syrian Government’s Statement of Recovery Priorities provides a clear direction for the country's journey ahead. The challenge is how to navigate this successfully.

The United States has engaged in 17 nation-building efforts since 1900, with only four resulting in established democracies—a 24% success rate if democracy establishment is the metric (Figure 1). How ...

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The meeting may bring some clarity to the prospect of transferring the meetings of the Syrian Constitutional Committee from Geneva to another venue ASTANA, November 22. /TASS/. The 19th international ...

LONDON, January 10. /TASS/. The United States and Ukraine will sign a bilateral agreement on post-conflict reconstruction worth $800 billion, and on security guarantees, The Telegraph wrote citing ...

Amid the high-stakes tech deal-making of Web Summit Qatar 2026, a new investment thesis emerged that challenges the traditional global response to regional instability. Hammam Elmasri, Co-Founder of ...

Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump congratulated the formation of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), a vital step forward in implementing Phase Two of his Comprehensive ...