Ibrahim Hamidi
Features Workers set up a Christmas tree at al-Hatab square, one of the oldest in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, on December 12, 2022. (AFP)

Iran’s ‘Anger’ Among 3 Reasons for Growing Economic Paralysis in Syria

No one can deny that the economic crisis in Syria is unprecedented. But what are the real reasons for it? Why isn’t Iran helping in resolving it as it had…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Arab World SDF commander Mazloum Abdi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Mazloum Abdi: US Barred Türkiye from Carrying Out Military Operation in Syria 

Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi said the American administration of former President Donald Trump “betrayed” its allies in the SDF…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features A US patrol monitors a position between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian opposition factions supported by Türkiye in the countryside of Hasakah, east of the Euphrates, in December 2021. (AFP)

Seven US Betrayals of Kurds within a Century… Will It Fail Them Again in Syria?

If the reaction to Turkish incursions or continued aerial bombardment against Kurdish targets in northern Syria does not meet Kurdish expectations and demands,…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Interviews AstraZeneca’s Chief Executive Officer, Sir Pascal Soriot

AstraZeneca’s CEO on Covid: ‘We Just Have to Adjust to it’

AstraZeneca’s Chief Executive Officer, Sir Pascal Soriot, told Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview that Covid-19 is not over “and we just have to adjust to it like…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features US forces conduct training with the "Syrian Democratic Forces" in Hasaka countryside on September 7 (EPA)

The Syrian Oil: Time for New Approach?

With the war in Syria now in its twelfth year and with the US-Russian conflict still ongoing to control the oil sector and its potential, local belligerents…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features Women walk near rubble inside the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of Damascus, Syria November 2, 2022. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi

Syria’s Tragedy… A Bottomless Abyss

Every time we think that the Syrian crisis has hit rock bottom, we discover that we’re wrong. The latest cholera outbreak in the war-torn nation and refugee…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Arab World SDF forces are seen in the Hasakah countryside on September 7 (AFP). In the frame, SDF commander Mazloum Abdi.

SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi to Asharq Al-Awsat: Our Forces Cannot Be Dismantled

Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Abdi warned against “comprehensive normalization” between Ankara and Damascus. In an interview to…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features  Part of a funeral procession for an SDF member in the city of Qamishli (AFP)

Syria and the Kurds

Kurdish leader has said that one of their negotiating counterparts in Damascus questioned whether the registration of Kurdi, the Kurdish language, in the…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)