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Disease prevention efforts in Idlib illustrate the movement's political evolution and its differences from the Islamic State, but the pandemic may still hit the area hard given inconsistent implementation and years of regime destruction.

Ceasefire agreements and contagion concerns will likely limit Turkish operations in Syria for the time being, but Ankara has no such constraints in its Libya proxy war.

The rebel administration in Idlib and the Kurdish-led government in the northeast have been more proactive and transparent than the Assad regime, but their populations still need urgent, direct international aid—without the UN’s imprimatur if necessary.

Given the military situation on the ground and the overriding interests of each party, the jihadist-run rebel pocket will likely be further reduced into a small, overpopulated border strip north of the M4 highway.

How can the United States mitigate the worsening humanitarian crisis in Idlib, and what do Syrian activists on the ground want from Washington?

Given the near-certainty that conflict will erupt again in northwest Syria, the United States should start planning for how it might leverage that next outbreak to push the parties toward a political process.

ایران، خواه با اعمال زور و خواه از راه سیاست، به‌شدت نیازمند تحکیم دوبارۀ قوا در حوزۀ نفوذ شیعی خود در سراسر منطقه است؛ چالشی که چه‌بسا، با توجه به احساسات عمومی فعلی در عراق و لبنان، بزرگ‌تر از آن است که چاره شود.

اگر واشنگتن و متحدانش به مطالبات مشروع معترضان لبنانی برای اصلاحات پاسخ ندهند، حزب‌الله از طریق گسترش عملیات قاچاق، ارتقای ظرفیت نهادهای مالی خود، و قربانی‌ کردن گزینشیِ سیاستمداران فاسد، به بقای خود ادامه خواهد داد.

If outbreaks like the coronavirus shift from ‘black swan’ events to regular occurrences, globalization trends in the region may reverse, with sobering consequences.