Days before his troops overthrew the regime of Bashar Assad, Ahmad al-Sharaa declared that Syria deserves a system in which no “single ruler makes arbitrary decisions.” Sharaa, once a feared ...

Abdullah additionally explained that the recent turmoil in Syria has left Cypriot authorities on their tiptoes, worried about a potential increase in asylum seekers. According to Nicosia officials ...

Syria’s new transitional government was sworn in Saturday nearly four months after the Assad family was removed from power and as the new authorities in Damascus work to bring back stability to ...

Ms. Hall is a senior fellow with the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Four months after the euphoria that marked the sudden ouster of Bashar al-Assad ...

Despite widespread protests, Syria’s newly signed interim constitution is raising deeper concerns about the country’s future. Experts warn that its provisions could form the basis of Syria’s ...

Syria's 14-year civil war has undergone yet another rapid series of shifts, with violence sweeping the west coast homeland of deposed President Bashar al-Assad's minority Alawite Muslim sect and ...

A man points at bullet holes in a window of a hospital following a spate of violence between Syrian security forces and insurgents loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Syria’s coastal ...

Syria's central government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country's northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into ...

The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported, after cross-border attacks left 10 dead and more than 50 wounded.

It's been 14 years since the eruption of the nationwide protests in Syria that would devolve into a multisided civil war still raging today across the country. Yet this Saturday marks the first ...

This brief was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations on March 12, 2025. Syria’s worst violence since the December overthrow of the Assad regime has reportedly killed hundreds ...