Middle East & North Africa / Syria: from corridor diplomacy to humanitarian corridors With the larger substantive issues of ceasefires and political transition at an impasse, the ground broken over humanitarian access has suddenly become a metric for whether the first phase of Geneva II will be considered a success. By James Denselow / 4 Feb 2014
Conflict & security / Syria - a bleak year ahead Over 60,000 people have been killed in Syria. What prospects face the beleaguered country in 2013? By James Denselow / 4 Jan 2013
Conflict & security / Will Iraq play to the US tune in Syria? Obama wants Assad gone, but can US ‘ally’ Iraq be persuaded to turn on the Syrian regime? By James Denselow / 18 Aug 2011