Unrest is brewing in Syria’s coastal plains, home to the Assad family’s Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14.

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs a day after protests by members of the ...

Syria's new authorities have arrested a military justice official who under ousted president Bashar al-Assad issued death ...

Syria's new political roadmap must at least consider federalism as a viable option to accommodate all of Syria's diverse ...

Syria's new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war ...

Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad's government killed two Islamic ...

As the fighters who ousted Bashar al-Assad set out to assert control over the country, they pursued former government forces ...

The camps are run by the SDF. The United States backs the SDF, providing it with weapons and training, in an effort to combat ...

The Middle East has experienced profound changes since the last decade, beginning with the“Arab Spring” revolutions and extending to the armed confli ...

The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...