Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Sheikh's excitement at returning to his homeland from neighbouring Turkey after the fall of Bashar al-Assad has turned to ...

At the bottom of Nisrine Ezzedine's garden, cement blocks mark the graves of her husband, son and nephew, all killed by ...

The U.S. freeze comes as IS tries to take advantage of the vacuum created by the fall of Assad’s government in early December ...

The Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on foreign aid has caused chaos and uncertainty in a camp holding thousands ...

The Middle East is undergoing profound transformation, with implications for markets, regional stability, and key players’ power dynamics.

The leader of the former rebel group that toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad has been named the country’s interim ...

Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a ...

The move to put religion at the center of policing risks seeding new rifts in a diverse country awash with guns after 13 ...

Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces.

“You can walk around Damascus now without encountering checkpoints, without having to see pictures of Bashar al-Assad everywhere,” said Bassam ... s religious sects and ethnic minorities. | Ali Haj ...