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

The rebel alliance that took power has vowed to prosecute senior figures from the ousted government, but accountability will ...

Israeli forces entered the western side of Al-Malqa village in Syria’s Quneitra Governorate on Saturday, beginning construction on a military road stretching from the border to the Darayat military ...

What's it like to live under the rule of the extremist group known as the Islamic State, or ISIS? WSJ looks at the situation ...

It is also common for there to be gaps in the laws themselves or their implementation while certain circumstances may place a country's heritage under specific vulnerabilities. Thus, alongside state ...

Donald Trump in 2019 holding up the contrasting maps of Syria showing the presence of IS Credit: Alex Edelman/Bloomberg For more than five years, ever since it had raised its black flag over the ...

“As part of the ongoing efforts to enhance security and stability in our areas, our security forces carried out a large-scale security campaign east of Raqqa … resulting in the arrest of 27 ...

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard at Al Naeem Square in Raqqa, Syria, in February 2022. Baderkhan Ahmad / AP In the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s ouster ...

During his first term as president, Donald Trump was skeptical of US military involvement overseas but oversaw the successful campaign to destroy the Islamic State’s caliphate, dismantling its ...

Syrian Kurds fleeing areas north of Aleppo, Syria, arrive in Tabaqah, on the western outskirts of Raqqa, on Dec. 3. Last Sunday, during a press conference in Damascus with the Turkish foreign ...