When I interviewed Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Damascus on Feb. 27, neither one of us knew ...

The killings occurred in the heartland of Syria’s Alawite minority, escalating after a nascent insurgency formed against the ...

The appointment of Ahmed al-Sharaa as president during the transitional phase was a step toward long-awaited political ...

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The recent killings of Alawite and Christian civilians by the new Syrian government have been condemned by the U.S., while the EU offered a different response.

Lawmakers from both parties and policy experts agreed that sanctions should be slowly lifted in exchange for Syrian action on ...

The attack Thursday near the port city of Latakia reopened the wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war and sparked the ...

Among the uncertainties facing Syria is the future of U.S. involvement in the country. Since 2014, Washington has backed a de ...

Russia maintains two key military bases in Syria, including an air base in Hmeimim and a naval base in Tartous.

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

The new Syrian government has yet to firmly establish a safe foothold in the country and faces threats from Assad sympathizers who supported his decades-long rule.

Scores have been killed in fierce clashes between government forces and gunmen loyal to the Assad regime, in a serious ...