For more than a decade, Mr. al-Assad remained in power, employing vicious means to do so while enjoying an obscene amount of ...

Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.

After the ouster of Syria's longtime leader Bashar al-Assad last month, Israel's military has taken up a new post in the ...

While it’s unclear what exact political path Syria will take, the dilemmas the country faces are similar to the experiences of other Arab countries more than a decade ago. In the winter of 2010, an ...

Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed DAMASCUS, Syria -- Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax ...

Bakhour Chamntoub, the 74-year-old head of the Jewish community in Syria, recently visited the synagogue for the first time in 15 years. “This synagogue means a lot to us,” he told The ...

With the downfall of the old Syrian regime, countries like Germany which welcomed Syrian refugees are now talking about sending them home.

THERE ARE few tougher jobs in Syria. On December 30th the country’s interim government named Maysaa Sabrine to head the central bank. A former deputy governor of the bank and the first woman ...

Syria's De Facto Leader Says It Could Take up to 4 Years to Hold Elections BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's de facto leader said Sunday it could take up to four years to hold elections in Syria, and that ...