Based on its issue No. 1036, Kassioun adopts a specific method to calculate the living expenses of a Syrian family of 5. This method consists in calculating the costs of the necessary food basket (according to the daily need of…

On the surface, the current version of the so-called “Arab gas pipeline” project is being presented as an agreement among a group of Arab governments: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and with the possibility of plans to include Iraq by way…

The constitution, in terms of its substance and its implementation in reality, was and still is one of the fundamental expressions of the landscape of dominant forces in the state and in the prevailing political space.

Anyone following the Syria file, is aware by now of the importance and impact of the Russian-Turkish relationship on Syria, whether the positive aspects of that relationship or the negative ones. This relationship tool a new direction in the formal…

Since the beginning of 2017 and until the Putin-Biden meeting on June 16, 2021, the image of the international and regional conflict in and around Syria appeared in the duality of “Astana” (Russia, Turkey, Iran) versus the Western “small group”…

Many Syria-related events and moves have taken place over the past two months, and they are worth contemplating to place them in a broader and more real context than what “officials” say publicly.

A set of Kassioun articles during the past weeks dealt with the issue of the “Arab” gas pipeline (you can refer to them via the following links 1, 2, 3, and 4). However, these articles did not ponder enough at…

US withdrawal from the Middle East occupies a major position in the way various sides and countries in and around the region deal with their internal situations and their regional and international relations. This is particularly so as more tangible…

American policy has a set of general trends that remain the same across the various administrations. The policy has a strategic aspect that is directly related to the nature of the American understanding and definition of “American national security”. Among…

Over the past two years and using different methods – official statements, research reports, and media materials – the US has made a great effort to whitewash and “Syrianize” al-Nusra and its leader Abu Muhammad al-Jolani.