Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad and his family were members of the secretive religious minority, and used the community's fears and desires to stay in power.

Turkey has launched series of military operations in northern Syria with the goal of securing its southern border from ...

Days after five decades of totalitarian rule by the Assad family dynasty ended, I went to Damascus, Syria. Two decades ...

Obaida Arnout, a spokesperson for the Syrian transitional government, said last week that women's "biological and physiological nature" rendered them unfit for certain governmental jobs.

On Monday, Ryder described these extra 1,100 troops in Syria as “enablers in support ... considerations along with the rotational nature of these additional forces as the reasons why the ...

A review of a year filled with headlines that few in the national security and intelligence space could have imagined, one ...

The fall of the Assad dynasty after 54 years in power, and the winding up of the Baath party, was a major setback for both ...

is poised to play a role in Syria’s next chapter — the nature of that role is yet to be determined. “Christians often fought alongside the Assad regime against the Sunni dominated rebels who captured ...

A down to earth liturgical battering awaits us after Christmas. No more "Away in the Manger". Nor sweet, and posh, little ...

Molten rock began shooting from the volcano before dawn on Monday when fissures opened in the caldera floor and propelled ...

In Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, festive decorations were absent for a second consecutive year.