A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...

While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences ...

The challenges facing Syria’s caretaker government are very familiar to Zied Ladhari. Ladhari was a prominent member of the Ennahda party which led Tunisia after the fall of longtime dictator ...

Decades of authoritarian rule have left Syria’s justice system ill-equipped to handle complex human rights cases. Thousands ...

Noor Humair ...

The rebel offensive benefited from careful preparation and the support of Turkey, which occupies territory in Syria’s north ...

Polish paramedics treated 16 injured coal miners on Wednesday after methane ignited in a mine in southern Poland, the ...

Russia has lost a naval base after Syria ended an investment contract with Moscow, asserting its authority over the Tartus ...

While some countries – Egypt and Tunisia – became democracies, albeit briefly, others, like Yemen, Libya and Syria, descended into violence. In the intervening years, political science ...

His detention comes after Syria’s newly inducted interim leader ... including Egypt and Tunisia. Najib was then head of the regime’s Political Security Branch in Deraa. The parents of the ...