After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

The recent violence in Syria's coastal region represents a significant threat to the country's political transition. The post ...

After more than five decades of the Assad family’s rule, Syria appears to be entering a phase of “Assadism without an Assad”.

Syria’s new leadership faces allegations of mass killings, as Alawite communities endure field executions and mass ...

Syria is a brutal place, even today. Israel is wise to destroy weapons there. A rmed forces in Syria still loyal to the ousted Bashar al-Assad launched attacks on the new regime n ...

But many Alawites said that they suffered like other Syrians under the rule of Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad.

Sharaa, whose fighters led the offensive that toppled the Assad family dynasty in December, has said he will build an ...

Beirut: Journalists sometimes hear shocking statements—ones they lock away in their memory, fearing their repercussions. Some are too violent, too damaging, or too costly to repeat. Others risk swift ...

After the 1973 war, former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad realized that reclaiming the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights ...

Take the example of Syria, where President Hafez Assad came to power after a successful military coup in 1971. The country had experienced more than a dozen coup attempts since 1946. The biggest ...

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

A destroyed statue of late Syrian President Hafez Assad is seen in Dayr Atiyah, Syria, on Jan. 5, 2025. Credit: AP/Leo Correa The sectarian violence over the weekend was difficult to contain ...