The regime set up by Hafez al-Assad after the coup d'état of November 13, 1970, had only one objective: Its own continuity, ...

You shouldn’t have to leave your faith at the door of your people’s government, and under President Trump’s leadership, you ...

An Indonesian woman who felt duped into joining the Islamic State’s ”caliphate“ in Syria tells TIME of the challenges of ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial ...

Now Hezbollah is also at risk of losing the support of Lebanese Shiites, who make up its domestic base. As is usually the ...

In Arabic, Assad means “lion,” although that wasn’t his real name. Hafez, Bashar’s father, had adopted it to look strong. Hasan was born in the northeastern Syrian city of Manbij, 18 years before the ...

After the exodus of most Syrian Jews, a few remain in the country they have called home for centuries. The New Arab finds out ...

In the words of Axios ‘ news director, the Syrian Civil War “changed everything,” leading to the climax of the Global War on ...

A hmed al-Sharaa, Syria’s president, spoke to The Economist on January 31st in Damascus. The conversation has been translated ...

The blast, which detonated next to a truck carrying agricultural workers, underscored the challenges faced by the country’s ...

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

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