Any deal will be imperfect and contested, but imperfect diplomacy is far better than a perfect catastrophe, writes Ashok ...

The country’s cities have been spared the violence of a hard-fought civil war. But as the economy has hollowed out, many urbanites have become desperate.

Saudi Arabia committed $2.8B to Syria's infrastructure in February 2026. Without governance frameworks, reconstruction risks replicating pre-war capture dynamics.