Negotiators are zeroing in on a potential deal to resolve one of the most explosive questions looming over Syria's future: ...

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has made an unannounced visit to Damascus, meeting with the ...

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Despite assurances from the rebels-turned-leaders, members of some religious groups worry what life will be like for them in ...

The visit by Prime Minister Najib Mikati was the first official trip by the Lebanese leader to meet with the new government ...

As Syria’s new Islamist rulers reshape the way schools teach the nation’s history, students struggle to navigate the traumas ...

Assad’s 50-year regime collapsed on December 8, 2024 after a major offensive by opposition forces. Syria’s civil war has ...

Syria's new central bank governor, Maysaa Sabreen, said she wants to boost the institution's independence over monetary ...

"I believe there will be violent fighting, the end of which we do not know," a top Syrian Democratic Council official told Newsweek.

On Dec. 8, after nearly 54 years in power and 13 years of war, the Syrian civil war came to an end. And with it, the fall of the Assad family’s rule. For many Syrian students who call the University ...