In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to ...

The celebrations might have been supported in the capital, but it was not clear whether Christians in the rest of Syria felt as free ... they saw the road map toward a new constitution take ...

South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government months after longtime leader Bashar ...

F or miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ...

On Wednesday 2 April, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out coordinated air strikes against military installations in the Syrian capital Damascus ... with a series of maps of historical ...

where they clashed with the Syrian army. Hama's capture could clear a path for a further rebel push on the centrally-located crossroads of Homs and further southwards, including the capital Damascus.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”- Blaise Pascal Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime ...

Damascus, in particular, is seen as a crucial milestone, offering not only symbolic capital but strategic access to Syria’s Mediterranean ... in the current geopolitical map, Turkey sees two ...

At least 151 people have been injured after jumping from high places due to panic caused by the earthquakes, Istanbul's ...

Jordan has announced a sweeping ban on the Muslim Brotherhood that could include shutting down the country’s largest opposition party, after accusing the group of planning attacks.

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...