The Islamist former insurgents now in charge need to build popular support and demonstrate rule of law. And they’re finding ...

Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...

Aleppo Left in Ruins After Years of Conflict The scale of destruction in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, has become apparent since fighting ceased in late December.

A boy walks in front of a former school and mosque in the Sukkari neighborhood of south Aleppo. The mosque is being rebuilt while most of the surrounding buildings remain in ruins. This story ...

1. Entry into a post-Assad Syria As soon as news of Bashar al-Assad's ouster broke – and with the main airport at Damascus still out of action – I began making plans for how to get into Syria ...

“Eight years ago, I was besieged in the city of Aleppo,” he explains. “Evacuations had stalled many times after a fragile ceasefire … The buses were late for four days.” They were stuck ...

Much of the eastern section remains in ruins, many of the buildings still concrete skeletons with a few partially rebuilt by residents. In Aleppo’s Old City, a Syrian revolutionary flag now ...

ALEPPO, Syria—Late one January night, two balaclava-clad security officers with Syria’s new government were speeding through the streets of Aleppo in pursuit of a man who had been spotted ...