Turkey

The arrest of the Turkish president's main rival, Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu, sharpens the contradictions of the peace effort with the Kurds.

With new peace offerings, Turkey aims to shift complex intra-Kurdish relations that may improve regional security and Erdogan's position.

The city of Al-Fashir is strategically important and represents the crux of Sudan's larger conflict between the SAF and the RSF.

Research has consistently shown that while many Syrians have a long-term aspiration to return, persistent challenges have rendered their aspiration unachievable in the short-term.

Is HTS now the new government of Syria under international law or is the toppled Assad regime still the government? Is there perhaps no government currently at all?

Messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Viber have become highly influential tools for manipulating and misleading voters.

With humanitarian funding decreasing and needs growing, cholera in a camp for displaced people illustrates the dire conditions.

A Syrian Victims' Fund should take into account survivor voices and needs, as well as helping Syrian victims around the world.

Donors must help pursue justice and accountability for Kurdish victims as they do for other Syrian victims.

The Biden administration may be tempted to step in as Russia fails to protect Armenians, but it should exercise caution in its assistance.

What stories or topics merited more attention in 2023, with a particular eye toward what might inform law and policy conversations in 2024?

Pro-democracy allies and organizations should call out such media capture and other tools of domestic election interference.