EU diplomats visit Syria for talks with new leader, emphasizing support for peaceful transition and minority rights.

People in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus always thought something strange was happening at the nearby state security facility. Walled off and heavily guarded, the government compound was off limits ...

DAMASCUS — The foreign ministers of France and Germany are headed to Damascus on the first official visit to Syria by top ...

Competitive colonialism, nationalist, revolutionary and ethnic aspirations, rogue rulers and industrial and criminal ...

Russia-Ukraine war refuses to die down with both sides digging their heels in. Israel has devastated Gaza after the October ...

The Syrian people eagerly anticipate justice for the crimes against humanity committed by officials of the toppled Baath ...

Children and senior police officers were among those killed in an Israeli airstrike on a camp housing displaced people in the ...

National armies often struggle against rebel forces due to inadequate strategies, asymmetrical warfare, and lack of counter-insurgency training. Factors like dispersed rebels, high-tech weapons, and ...

The rebels’ path to victory is littered with evidence of Syria’s defeated military. It also reflects the sizable task of ...

People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.

Syria’s minority Alawite community is gripped by terror as reports spread of killings and disappearances under the country’s new Islamist rulers.