On Dec. 8, after nearly 54 years in power and 13 years of war, the Syrian civil war came to an end. And with it, the fall of the Assad family’s rule. For many Syrian students who call the University ...

It is the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, which includes the Assad family. The Alawites, who practice an offshoot of Shiite Islam, make up around 10 percent of Syria’s population and ...

Insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, overthrew President Bashar Assad’s secular government in early December ending the 54-year Assad family dynasty. Since then ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of Ramadan ...