Russian President Vladimir Putin, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Russia-Ukraine War
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ISIS has lost its caliphate but remains a potent force, using mobile guerrilla tactics and a highly sophisticated smuggling and extortion network to finance its ongoing insurgency.
While the elimination of Ibrahim al-Qurayshi is a positive step, much more work is needed to stabilize Syria.
In the past, international criminals in the Arab world have rarely faced justice, but a landmark trial in Germany signals the legal landscape is changing.
Since the 1970s, the Assad family has had a direct impact not only on Syrian politics, but on national identity itself.
Syria is now enduring its ninth year of war, marred throughout by some of the most egregious harms.