Author: Rafic Taleb

Rafic is a socio-political analyst who specialises in middle-eastern affairs. He is well versed in both international and regional geopolitics and has written extensively on these matters since 2013.
Rafic Taleb30/12/2025

From Homs to the Coast: How power politics turned Alawite civilians into Collateral Damage

The terrorist bombing in Homs on Friday was not an isolated act of violence. It […]
Rafic Taleb20/12/2025

From Palmyra to “Hawkeye”: ISIS, U.S. Retaliation, and the political logic behind Washington’s bet on Damascus

The ISIS-claimed attack on U.S. forces near Palmyra on December 13 was not an isolated […]
Rafic Taleb08/12/2025

Syria one year without Bashar al-Assad: The higher the hope, the deeper the fall

When Bashar al-Assad finally receded from Syria’s political scene, many believed, naively, that the regime’s […]
Rafic Taleb20/11/2025

When the President plays basketball: Ahmad al‑Sharaa and the Art of Surrender

An unusual spectacle and a visit to Washington in early November. A video of Transitional […]
Rafic Taleb09/10/2025

The New Iraq: A war simmering on a low flame

The 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra by an unidentified party ignited a […]
Rafic Taleb15/09/2025

Syria at the Brink: The Slow March Toward Partition

Syria stands at the edge of irreversible fragmentation. A series of covert meetings, shifting alliances, […]
Rafic Taleb23/08/2025

Plan B: Syria’s descended Into Crisis Management Mode

Syria today is entangled in a dense web of geopolitical manoeuvring, broken promises, and competing […]
Rafic Taleb11/08/2025

The Syrian Dilemma kickstarted the Israeli Era in the Levant

Syria today stands at the edge of an irreversible transformation, where internal disintegration, foreign mandates, […]
Rafic Taleb24/07/2025

The Syrian “Fact-Finding” report into the March Alawite Massacres not only betrays the victims but is a Whitewashed Tragedy

The interim Syrian Administration under President Ahmad al-Sharaà’s so-called Fact-Finding Committee released its official report […]
Rafic Taleb18/07/2025

Julani’s Triumph over Ahmed al‑Sharaa is the Beginning of Syria’s End

The carefully constructed façade of a unified Syrian transition shattered under the weight of its […]
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