Iraq is recalibrating its Syria policy following Assad's collapse, balancing security concerns with economic interests and ...

The construction of a sixth American military base in the city of Kobani is aimed at maintaining control over oil-rich ...

Syria has been a work in progress, a nation to be rebuilt, since the downfall of its autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad, a ...

I am not a fan of the excessive use of the term “minorities,” let alone exploiting it to reshape nations based on external interests. However, political history, across the globe, has taught us the ...

The removal of Bashar al-Assad has reignited Western and Eastern plans to control Syria’s oil and gas resources.

On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending ...

People in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus always thought something strange was happening at the nearby state security facility. Walled off and heavily guarded, the government compound was off limits ...

The Assad family ruled Syria with an iron fist for half a century. Mass repression and torture was routine. But with the ...

The history of what was later to become the Meriden Fire Arms Co. is actually the story of Andrew Fyrberg & Co. of Worcester, ...

During the course of Syria’s brutal civil war, Assad used chemical weapons more than 300 times against his own citizens, causing thousands of casualties. The worst such attack was a barrage of ...

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