When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis comprise around 75 percent of Syria with the remaining 25 percent made ...

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 ...

Lifting Syria sanctions could be a major boon — if we don’t repeat history’s mistakes by Wa’el Alzayat, opinion contributor - 05/19/25 1:00 PM ET ...

Syria's interim government said it has reached a landmark agreement to integrate Kurdish-led forces into state institutions as it continues to try to unify the country following years of civil war.

Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, promised Thursday to hold a "national dialogue conference" in his first address to the nation since the fall of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad. Sharaa ...

Despite hopes after Assad’s fall, Syria is not on a path to democracy — liberal or otherwise.

Syria's embattled president is losing ground to advancing rebel forces, but Iran is poorly positioned this time to help him turn the tide.

Don’t Repeat in Syria the Mistakes of Afghanistan Isolating Damascus’s New Rulers Won’t Moderate Them Delaney Simon, Graeme Smith, and Jerome Drevon January 2, 2025 The flag adopted by Syria’s new ...

Rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani positioned himself as a statesman who can unite Syria, in a meeting with foreign journalists in Damascus.

The sudden collapse of President Bashar al-Assad has come as welcome news to many, but there are jitters both inside and outside the country about what will follow.

Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s departure from the country was unplanned, according to a statement posted Monday on the Syrian Presidency Telegram account, purporting to be from Assad.

Director of National Intelligence designee Tulsi Gabbard has faced heightened scrutiny over her 2017 visit to Syria, but GOP senators appear to be downplaying that.