Syria after Assad: Consequences and interim authorities 2025
What has happened in Syria after the fall of Assad, who are the main actors, and how has the UK and others responded?

Palestine: update 2013 (40 KB , PDF)
There has been little sign of a resumption of the peace talks with Israel, despite a strong drive by the new US secretary of State to encourage progress. Meanwhile the Palestinian Authority has had financial difficulties and no reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah is in sight.
Palestine: update 2013 (40 KB , PDF)
What has happened in Syria after the fall of Assad, who are the main actors, and how has the UK and others responded?
On 13 June 2025, Israel launched a series of attacks against Iran’s nuclear programme.
This paper briefly examines Israel's nuclear weapons policies, capabilities and programmes. It is one paper in a larger series on the nuclear weapon states.