Assad’s regime, the status of minorities and their future is among the most crucial questions. Although many people have ...

Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of ...

A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo ...

"If anyone really wants to begin a reliable, results-oriented process rather than indulge in settling scores with their adversaries on Syrian territory, we are open to such a conversation," the Russia ...

The meteorological drought that swept through the Fertile Crescent (stretching from the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile Valley) in the 2000s finally ...

Fear about how the country’s new Sunni Islamist rulers will act toward Syria’s various minorities, such as the Kurds and Alawites, is already brewing. Some rights groups and critics have pointed to ...

If Brussels’ expectations about respecting human rights and minorities "are not met," the EU will reinstitute the sanctions, the paper signed by the six European nations said.

Despite an important meeting between church leaders and representatives with Ahmed Al-Sharaa, the head of Syria’s new ...

Through prayer and protest, believers struggle to interpret the promises of newly ascendant Islamist leadership.

Assad's regime, Russia lost a key all in the Middle East - but it still hopes to keeps its military bases in Syria.

Despite assurances from the rebels-turned-leaders, members of some religious groups worry what life will be like for them in ...

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...