But its involvement risks deepening sectarian tensions. Israeli troops have seized parts of southern Syria, violating a 1974 ...

Assad’s rule in late 2024 did not mark the end of Syria’s fragmentation. Instead, it ushered in a new cycle of decentralized ...

Syria's future as a unified state hangs in the balance as both countries pursue long-standing plans to cement hegemonic ...

Syria could become a flashpoint in escalating global power rivalries as the United States, China and Russia compete to win ...

Tourfa Ali and her husband, Eid, watched helplessly from a relative’s house as Israeli tanks destroyed their home in Hamadieh, a town in southern Syria, a few weeks ago. “We heard the sound of ...

Unlike the Alawites, the Druze received direct military assistance from Israel, which has its small but influential Druze population. This further complicates peaceful coexistence among religious ...

First parliamentary polls since Assad’s fall set for September For the first time since the collapse of Bashar al‑Assad’s ...

American forces pulled out of the “Conoco Fields” base in Deir ez-Zor base in May, after holding it for years amid repeated ...

Upon his father's death in 2000, Assad -- who had risen to the rank of colonel in the Syrian army -- had already consolidated support in the military and the Baath political party, according to a ...

Hundreds of representatives of Syria’s various ethnic and religious groups called Friday for the formation of a decentralized state and the drafting of a new constitution that guarantees religious, ...

Last week's clashes between Syrian Druze and Sunni Bedouins, which drew in Syrian government forces and Israel's military, were not the first instance of intercommunal clashes in post-Assad Syria.