In Syria, near the start of the civil war, around 2012, the forces of now-deposed dictator Assad, withdrew from Kurdish-majority areas in northeastern ... the territory the Kurds held included ...

Syria's coastal areas are also the heartland of Assad's Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shia Islam. Its members held prominent roles in the Assad government but, with the arrival of Sunni Muslim ...

The European Union's top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the ...

Neighbors and colleagues reported on each other everywhere. Now, Syrians are shadowed by the question of who among them had ...

Bayan al-Hinnawi, who spent years behind bars in Bashar al-Assad's ... percent of Syria's population, around 700,000 people. Beyond defending themselves from attacks in the areas where they ...

The rapid opening-up of Syria has seen a geographical shift in economic power, stoking tensions in the ethnically and religiously divided country.

The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam that makes up just 10% of Syria's total population. Its members, however, "held prominent roles in the Assad government but, with the arrival of Sunni ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — When a dozen firefighters ... For most of the war, the White Helmets operated only in rebel-held areas. Dictator Bashar al-Assad had decked the capital with billboards ...

Syria has held a wide-based conference on the country's future after the ouster of Bashar Assad. But although the ... Around ...

Syria’s capital, Damascus, is suffering from its worst water shortages in years as a result of the lowest rainfall in more ...