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

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

As Syria’s new Islamist rulers reshape the way schools teach the nation’s history, students struggle to navigate the traumas ...

But as a new government takes shape in Damascus, Syrians and foreign observers alike worry about how inclusive, ...

After 467 days of violence, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a detailed peace plan. But with more negotiating ahead, the ...

A high-ranking member of the Islamic State militant group in Syria has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Germany, partly for alleged involvement in the genocide against the ...

In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order for Israeli troops to “take over” a buffer zone with Syria upended decades of ...

Germany’s foreign minister said Sunday that sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in ...

More than 528,500 people were killed in the Syrian civil war, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said on Wednesday.

Despite assurances from the rebels-turned-leaders, members of some religious groups worry what life will be like for them in ...