The article explores why Syria, despite its early independence, was unable to establish a democracy, instead evolving into a ...

Which direction do we want Syria to go? Host to a 10-sided gunfight? A return to a repressive regime? Proxies and promoters ...

Officials say that Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Damascus, Syria, next week after a halt of more than a decade.

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war.

"We want to be useful in efforts to normalize the situation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out ...

Through prayer and protest, believers struggle to interpret the promises of newly ascendant Islamist leadership.

The European Union's foreign policy chief says the bloc's foreign ministers will discuss easing sanctions imposed on Syria at a Jan. 27 meeting in Brussels. Kaja Kallas’ comments came at ...

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...

Skaters enjoy the cold snap on Queens Park pond in Shawlands area of Glasgow as the current cold spell continues.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Saturday during his first visit to Syria since president Bashar al-Assad's fall that demarcating the countries' shared land and sea borders was a key concern.