Unrest is brewing in Syria’s coastal plains, home to the Assad family’s Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14.

American officials are wary as they try to persuade the rebels now in control in Syria to govern with an inclusive and ...

Syria's new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by ...

The visits came a day after Sharaa — also known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani — met with Turkish Foreign ...

Assad, old alliances have crumbled, and global powers are figuring out their relationships with Syria’s new de facto leaders.

The new Islamist-led government promises moderation, but officials aren’t committing to such issues as women’s rights or free ...

Elbridge Colby has said the US should stop focusing on the Middle East, and turn its military's attention to China ...

Tensions in northeast Syria between Kurdish-led authorities and Turkish-backed groups should be resolved politically or risk ...

The American people chose a non-interventionist candidate, but that does not the United States will remain aloof from foreign ...

The youngest victim of the attack on a Christmas market in Germany has been named by his family. In a heartbreaking social ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...

"I believe there will be violent fighting, the end of which we do not know," a top Syrian Democratic Council official told ...