Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

The president-elect may want to withdraw U.S. troops from the area, but if he does, he’d put a victory he’s proud of at risk.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged all countries to "take their hands off" Syria and said Turkey had the ...

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

Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and the Central African Republic have been named as among the most dangerous countries to visit ...

Ad Policy Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime and the New Year’s Eve in the capital, Damascus, on December ...

A Syrian former equestrian champion has told how he was jailed and tortured for 21 years after he beat Bashar al Assad's older brother in a competition. Adnan Kassar, once a celebrated figure in ...

People in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus always thought something strange was happening at the nearby state security facility. Walled off and heavily guarded, the government compound was off limits ...

It’s many years since ISIS, also known as Islamic State, held sway over much of Syria and northern Iraq a time when it ...

Israel officially took responsibility on Wednesday for a commando mission conducted last September at an Assad regime military center for scientific research in Masyaf, Syria. The IAF's Shaldag ...

Post-Assad Syria will likely become a sanctuary for terrorism, and the United States and its allies will need dependable ...