When peaceful protests in Syria were met with violent repression, a 14-year civil war ensued. Assad leveraged Kurdish armed ...

Syria's civil war left one of the world's oldest synagogues partially destroyed. Now Syria's handful of remaining Jews are ...

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take ...

Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backward on the road ...

The BBC's Barbara Plett-Usher says she has heard gunfire and explosions but it is "relatively calm" in Damascus, after rebels took control of the Syrian capital. President Assad is said to have ...

In 1994, the line of succession changed in what seemed a promising way. Basil al-Assad, the “hero” and Hafez al-Assad’s ...

China’s leadership is not happy about the fall of Assad. But compared to Russia and Iran, Beijing had far less at stake.

An interim government, dominated by hts, is meant to rule until March. One of its priorities is to persuade Western ...

Palestinians will certainly resist. The nature of the resistance will prove critical in the success or failure of the Israeli scheme.

Ukraine stepped up its efforts to join NATO after Russia invaded last year, arguing that the security assurances given by ...

But that tricky ethno-religious equations can still play spoilers Columnist based in Latakia Hundreds of people have slept outside in freezing weather in Damascus region, hoping to find a loved ...