The country is deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines, which makes continuing violence one likely scenario.

Bashar al Assad's cousin has said Syria's new leaders cannot be trusted to turn away from their extremist past and unite the ...

Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to ...

Western powers are looking to establish contact with Syria's new rulers, aiming to avoid Iraq- or Libya-style chaos after the ...

Yet, as Syrians rebuild their shattered nation, Washington seems poised to miss a historic opportunity. The approaches of ...

(RNS) — At a time when most of the international news is full of gloom and doom, the fall of the Assad regime in Syria is a ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq, meeting with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ...

The recent overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by rebel forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has significant ...

On one hand, they are voicing their commitment to preserving Syria’s state institutions, and respecting the diversity of its ...

Syrian rebel forces captured Damascus and forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee to Moscow with his family, where he has ...

Foreign correspondent Nabih Bulos looks at Hmeimim airbase in Syria and how Russians are using it after the fall of Assad.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Syrian refugees in Iraq have begun heading home after they were stranded on the Iraq-Syria border, ...