Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...

Assad’s army had collapsed in Aleppo, his brother told him, unraveling in the face of insurgents who were marching towards ...

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

UNICEF has warned that hundreds of children in Syria continue to suffer the brutal impact of unexploded ordnance ...

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

In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism ...

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

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ...

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

Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called ...

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