Syria's new government, dominated by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's inner circle, faces the daunting challenge of ...

The Syrian coast witnessed violent sectarian clashes between March 6-10, 2025, following military confrontations between remnants of the former President ...

Since the downfall of the Baathist regime, Syrians have been speaking more freely about their future – and their doubts in ...

Some minorities may see benefits in allying with Israel today. Syria is now ruled by a former al-Qaeda leader. A recent ...

The euphoria of Syria's new dawn has turned to violence. Alleged massacres of minority Alawites have sent a fresh wave of refugees into neighboring Lebanon.

It was only a matter of time until the Haya’t Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) gunmen of Syria’s post-Assad interim government took into ...

Challenges include uniting a patchwork of rebel groups, gaining control over multiple regions and rebuilding relations with ...

Deadly violence in Syria has once again spotlighted the Alawites, a secretive religious minority tied to Bashar al-Assad.

But the ruthless domination of Syria by Alawites for the next 58 years caused the country's majority Sunni Muslim population in 2011 to rebel, leading to a full-scale civil war that ended in December ...

Messages from survivors of the sectarian violence in which over 1,500 civilians were killed describe methodical carnage, ...

Tel Aviv hopes to leverage the martial reputation of the Druze to be a buffer against Iran-backed militias on its northern ...

After the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December, the White Helmets arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus ...