Damascus faces critical infrastructure challenges ... far removed from daily life in a province where power still flows from the barrel of a gun and foreign donors shape policy from afar.

Governance Amid Syria's Fragmentation Muhammad al-Bashir-not former Syrian Prime Minister in exile Riad Hijab or current ...

MIDDLE ISRAEL - Recent events have given Middle Israelis no solid reason to change these somber expectations. That is why ...

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Show more Show less Fireworks erupt above people celebrating the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad at Umayyad Square in central Damascus A rose placed in the barrel of a gun of a Syrian ...

“While Sunni Arabs are the dominant ethnic and religious group in Syria, the country is notably diverse, with a range of ...

Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew.

A Syrian fighter holds a gun with a flower placed in the barrel, as people gather for Friday prayers at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa ...

Assad, the iron-fisted autocrat who presided over one of the bloodiest civil wars of the 21st century, has left Damascus in disarray ... to prevail over the barrel of a gun.

sermonizes to worshippers during Friday prayer inside the 7th century Umayyad Mosque in Damascus (AP) A Syrian fighter holds a gun with a flower placed in the barrel, as people gather for Friday ...