Aleppo after the fall: As the Syrian civil war turns in favor of the regime, a nation adjusts to a new reality — and a complicated new picture of the conflict emerges. Syria needs $1 trillion dollars to rebuild from the ashes (and China is waiting). The Shi’a revival: In Syria, the community has been undergoing considerable political and institutional change. What happens when a culture disperses? Eliza Griswold on mapping the journeys of Syria’s artists. “Siege, starve, and surrender”: Alex Ward goes inside the next phase of the Syrian civil war. North Korea supplying Syria’s chemical-weapons program is horrific, yet unsurprising. Michael Sharnoff on why Russia will prevail in Syria.
